Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Sol S. who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1914. He recalls anti-Semitic incidents in public school; becoming a tailor at age thirteen; German invasion in 1939; fleeing with his brother and neighbors to Sandomierz; hiding in the synagogue; transfer to Opatów after they were discovered; the murder of many Jews; and returning to Kraków. Mr. S. recounts bodies on the streets; forced labor in coal mines; ghettoization; burying women and babies murdered in the hospital; transfer to Płaszów; finding his mother, sisters, and their children there; mass killings; deportation to Mauthausen, then Melk; a death march to Ebensee; corpses strewn everywhere; bodies being burned day and night; carrying corpses to the crematorium; liberation; reunion with two sisters; and emigration to the United States in 1950. Mr. S. notes family members who perished.
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990
- Interview Date
- October 14, 1990.
- Locale
- Poland
Kraków
Kraków (Poland)
Sandomierz (Poland)
Opatów (Województwo Świętokrzyskie, Poland) - Cite As
- Sol S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1630). 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., 6 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Mass killings. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Families. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Poland--Kraków. Jewish ghettos. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Forced labor. Poland. Kraków (Poland) Sandomierz (Poland) Opatów (Województwo Świętokrzyskie, Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Death marches. S., Sol,--1914- Płaszów (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Melk (Concentration camp) Ebensee (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/1091664
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:27:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1091664
Additional Resources
Librarian ViewDownload & Licensing
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Requires Research Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
- Find Viewing Location
Request Access from Yale University Libraries
- Requires Yale University Libraries Permission
- Accessing Fortunoff interviews
- Log in to Request and View
- About the Fortunoff Archive
