- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Wolf Z., who was born in Chmielnik, Poland in 1923. He recalls attending public and Jewish schools; extreme poverty; poor relations between Jews and Christians; German invasion; forced labor at Pruszków, the Kraków airport, Płaszów, Gross Rosen, Falkenberg, and Ludwigsdorf; the routine hangings and shootings in Płaszów, where he was a tailor; learning to be an electrician from Hungarian inmates in Falkenberg; transfer to Ebensee; and liberation. Mr. Z. recounts traveling to Italy to attempt emigration to Palestine; reunion with his twin brother; living with his twin in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States. Mr. Z. discusses his belief that Jews should not segregate themselves and live differently from others around them.
- Author/Creator
- Z., Wolf, 1923-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
- Interview Date
- July 21, 1993.
- Locale
- Poland
Chmielnik (Województwo Świętokrzyskie, Poland)
- Cite As
- Wolf Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2187). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Katz, Helen, interviewer.
Rudof, Joanne Weiner, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Samuel Z. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-2186), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Associated material: Samuel Z. and Wolf Z. Holocaust testimony [brothers] (HVT-2188), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.