Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Siegfried B., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1926. He recalls his childhood in a religious home; anti-Semitic incidents; the Anschluss; Kristallnacht; anti-Jewish restrictions and violence; his Bar Mitzvah in 1939; attending a Jewish school; forced labor; and deportation with his parents to the Łódź ghetto in October 1941. Mr. B. describes ghetto life: his father's death from starvation in May 1942; frequent atrocities and deportations, including his mother in March 1943; transport to Częstochowa; forced labor in a HASAG factory; participation in religious activities; hospitalization; transfer to Buchenwald in December 1944; the organization and hierarchy of the prisoner population; being saved from selection by two doctors, one a non-Jew; liberation by United States troops; returning to Vienna; hospitalization in Salzburg; and emigration to the United States. He discusses adverse reactions when he conveyed his experience to others; nightmares; and the emotional support of his wife and children.
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990
- Interview Date
- May 13, 1990.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Salzburg (Austria) - Cite As
- Siegfried B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1517). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 42 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Mutual aid.
Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Concentration camps Hospitals.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Bar mitzvah. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Nightmares. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Families. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Kristallnacht, 1938. Austria. Vienna (Austria) Salzburg (Austria) Oral histories (document genres) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Jewish councils. B., Siegfried,--1926- Częstochowa (Concentration camp) Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft. Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
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/1089278
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1089278
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