LEADER 04440cpd a2200637 a 4500001 1089280 005 20180604132734.0 008 950221s1990 ctu eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702214359 035 (CStRLIN)CTYV95-A54 035 1089280 035 HVT-1423 035 |9AHE1057YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)702124232 090 |bHVT-1423 100 1 C., Eugene, |d1919- 245 10 Eugene C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1423) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by David Conn and Susan W. Needle, |fOctober 17, 1990. 260 Baltimore, Md. : |bBaltimore Jewish Council, |c1990. 300 1 videorecording (1 hr., 39 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Eugene C., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1919. He recalls his middle class life; German invasion; ghettoization; harsh conditions; the role of the Judenrat; his job as a fireman, which afforded him some privileges and the opportunity to help others; Ḥayim Rumkowski's overseeing of public hangings; and deportation to Birkenau with his mother in August 1944. He describes their separation (he never saw her again); transfer after about ten days to Falkenberg; witnessing cannibalism by other prisoners on a transport; an unsuccessful escape effort; repairing bombing damage in Hannover; marching to Bergen-Belsen in April 1945; and liberation by British troops. Mr. C. relates living in displaced persons camps including Zeilsheim; working for the United States military; marriage in 1946; and emigration to the Unites States. He shows pictures of and discusses a recent trip to Poland. 540 This testimony can only be used for educational purposes. 562 |e2 copies: |b3/4 in. dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 524 Eugene C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1423). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 600 10 C., Eugene, |d1919- 600 10 Rumkowski, Mordecai Ḥayim. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83154830 610 20 Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008053976 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 Cannibalism. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019617 650 0 Jewish ghettos. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95007077 650 0 Forced labor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453 650 0 Jews |zPoland |zŁódź. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xAtrocities. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148285 651 0 Poland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071 651 0 Łódź (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80093570 610 20 Birkenau (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96068007 610 20 Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96065702 651 0 Hannover (Germany) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79093323 650 0 Jewish councils. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070271 650 0 Death marches. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006384 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Mutual aid. 650 0 Refugee camps. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87007802 690 4 Postwar experiences. 691 4 Falkenberg (Poland : Concentration camp) 691 4 Łódź ghetto. 700 1 Conn, David, |einterviewer. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80032852 700 1 Needle, Susan W., |einterviewer. 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b1219033 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.1423) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/k06ww7735s 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/