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Solomon S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-850) interviewed by Joanne Weiner Rudof and Susan Millen,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-850

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    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.
    Author/Creator
    S., Solomon, 1926-
    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.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Rudof, Joanne Weiner, interviewer.
    Millen, Susan, interviewer.
    Notes
    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.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1058034
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:44:00
    This page:
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