- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jack B., who was born in Będzin, Poland in 1927. He recalls his orthodox family; his father's death in 1939; German invasion; destruction of the synagogues; anti-Jewish regulations; his older brothers working as tailors for the Germans; his family's exemption from deportation due to his brothers' jobs; his deportation to Auschwitz, Neukirch, Gross Rosen, and Wüstegiersdorf; receiving extra food from one foreman; being beaten when the extra food was discovered; forced labor burning bodies, making caskets, and working in the kitchen; recovering from a severe burn in a camp hospital; his appointment as barrack head; delaying reports of deaths to get extra rations to help others; and liberation by Soviet troops. He recounts returning to Będzin in a futile effort to find surviving family members; fleeing to Germany with the help of a Jewish Soviet officer; living in a displaced persons camp and in Munich; emigration to the United States in 1950; his marriage; and success at building a family and new life.
- Author/Creator
- B., Jack, 1927-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1993
- Interview Date
- January 17, 1993.
- Locale
- Poland
Będzin (Poland)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Cite As
- Jack B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2434). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Gutman, Laure, interviewer.
Oppenheimer, Helene, interviewer.
