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Gregor S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-921) interviewed by Samuel Kenner and Louise Goodman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-921

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Cantor Gregor S., who was raised in Liepa︡ja, Latvia. This testimony includes much of the information in an earlier interview (HVT-104). Additional topics discussed include learning of mass murders in the Bikernieki Forest; resistance activities; feelings of being a "non-person" for years after the war; and his postwar marriage to an American. Cantor S. recites a Yiddish poem he wrote about meeting his wife.
Author/Creator: S., Gregor, 1915-1999.
Published: Peabody, Mass. : North Shore Jewish Federation Holocaust Center, 1987
Interview Date: June 1, 1987.
Locale: Latvia
Rīga
Liepāja (Latvia)
Vienna (Austria)
Rīga (Latvia)
Gdańsk (Poland)
Cite As: Gregor S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-921). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kenner, Samuel, interviewer.
Goodman, Louise, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Gregor S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-104), 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., 17 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mass killings.
Mutual aid.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Resistance.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Forced labor. Friendship. Jews--Latvia--Rīga. Jewish ghettos. Poetry. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Latvia. Liepāja (Latvia) Vienna (Austria) Rīga (Latvia) Gdańsk (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) S., Gregor,--1915-1999. Kaiserwald (Concentration camp) Stutthof (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/1093071
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1093071

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