- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Michael M., who was born in Apa, Romania in 1917. He recalls attending cheder; his mother's death when he was thirteen; learning shoemaking and working in Seini until 1939; service in the Romanian army; Hungarian occupation in 1940; transfer to a Hungarian slave labor battalion; forced labor in Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Dej, Budapest, Poland and the Carpathian Mountains; deserting in 1944 and hiding for three weeks; recapture in Pribeník, and placement in another battalion; the commander's efforts to protect "his" Jews; marching to camps including Graz, Eisenerz, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen; and liberation. Mr. M. recounts recuperating in Wels; reunion with his sister in Apa; fleeing to Vienna in 1947; living in displaced persons camps in the Rothschild Hospital and in Linz; and emigrating to the United States in 1949. He notes his desire to forget his wartime experience.
- Author/Creator
- M., Michael, 1917-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
- Interview Date
- June 8, 1993.
- Locale
- Hungary
Romania
Apa (Romania)
Baia Mare (Romania)
Dej (Romania)
Budapest (Hungary)
Pribeník (Slovakia)
Seini (Romania)
- Cite As
- Michael M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2149). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Rudof, Joanne Weiner, interviewer.
