Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Nathan K., who was born in Radom, Poland in 1923 to a family of six children. He recounts a happy family life before the German occupation in 1939; deportation to Lublin in 1940; forced labor digging trenches in Ciechanów; escaping with an inmate to the Soviet border; their arrest by the Soviets; imprisonment for eleven months in Lv́iv and Berestechko; three months in Zolochiv prison; transport to Starobelśk; working on the barges in Vorkuta; being wounded while serving in the Soviet army; and his imprisonment until 1948. Mr. K. describes returning to Radom in 1948; learning no one from his family had survived; marriage; working as a tailor in Łódź; emigration with his wife and son to Israel in 1957; learning his sisters had, in fact, survived and lived in Baltimore; emigrating to the United States; and his subsequent life.
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1993
- Interview Date
- November 21, 1993.
- Locale
- Soviet Union
Poland
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Lublin (Poland)
L'viv (Ukraine)
Berestechko (Ukraine)
Zolochiv (Lv́ivsḱa oblast,́ Ukraine)
Starobilʹsʹk (Ukraine)
Vorkuta (Komi, Russia)
Łódź (Poland)
Ciechanów (Poland)
Israel - Cite As
- Nathan K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2745). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale Univesity Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (47 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Postwar experiences.
- Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Escapes. Forced labor. Draft--Soviet Union. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Soviet. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Soviet. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Poland. Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Lublin (Poland) L'viv (Ukraine) Berestechko (Ukraine) Zolochiv (Lv́ivsḱa oblast,́ Ukraine) Starobilʹsʹk (Ukraine) Vorkuta (Komi, Russia) Łódź (Poland) Ciechanów (Poland) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) K., Nathan,--1923-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
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/1089258
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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