Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Solomon S., who was born in Charsznica, Poland in 1926. He describes the town, his family and education; fleeing to a farm during the German invasion; increasingly harsh conditions; a mass shooting in September 1942; transport to Płasow with his father and cousin; frequent killings; their escape to the Kraków ghetto, then Charsznica; and his father (whom he never saw again) sending him to a labor collection to escape transport. Mr. S. recalls moving between Płasow and the ghetto; surviving several times due to help from friends and a Jewish kapo; transfer to Mauthausen via Vienna; quarry labor; daily killings; transfer to St. Valentin's; aid from his foreman; transport to Ebensee; deteriorating conditions; and liberation on May 6th. He recounts meeting members of the Palestine Brigade; hoping to go to Palestine; six years in Italy and Austria where he completed his education; and emigration to the United States in 1955. He reflects on his recent trip to Europe to visit concentration camps and his hometown.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1992
- Interview Date
- February 26, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Kraków
Charsznica (Poland)
Kraków (Poland)
Bari (Italy)
Graz (Austria)
Rome (Italy) - Cite As
- Solomon S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-850). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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Additional written and photographic materials are available in the repository.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (3 hr., 22 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Mutual aid.
Mass killings.
Postwar experiences.
Aid by non-Jews.
Child survivors. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Fathers and sons. Forced labor. Quarries and quarrying. Jewish ghettos. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Jews--Poland--Kraków. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Poland. Charsznica (Poland) Kraków (Poland) Bari (Italy) Graz (Austria) Rome (Italy) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. Escapes. S., Soloman,--1926- Płaszów (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Ebensee (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
-
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1058034
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1058034
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