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Morris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1431) interviewed by Lawrence L. Langer,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1431

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Morris K., who was born in 1926 in Łódź, Poland. He recalls German invasion; being caught in a round-up in December 1939; forced labor near Hamburg; transfer to Poznań in March 1941 when it was discovered he was Jewish; transfer to the Łódź ghetto in February 1943; reunion with his father; and deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau several days later. Mr. K. tells of a privileged work assignment obtained through a friend; two weeks in the punishment camp in March 1944; transfer to the Sonderkommando; working at the cremation pits into which guards threw living children; a friend who buried written accounts in the ashes (some were later recovered); execution of prisoners who attempted escapes; Josef Mengele's laboratory; the mass shooting of 300 children, of which he still dreams; the Sonderkommando revolt in October; dismantling the crematoria; the death march to Mauthausen, then Ebensee in January 1945; working in mines; and liberation by United States troops. He recounts living in Feldafing and Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; marriage in 1946; living in Marburg and Stuttgart; his son's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mr. K. discusses vivid details of the Sonderkommando and how he lives with these memories.
    Author/Creator
    K., Morris, 1926-
    Published
    Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1989
    Interview Date
    June 28, 1989.
    Locale
    Poland
    Łódź
    Łódź (Poland)
    Stuttgart (Germany)
    Marburg (Germany)
    Hamburg (Germany)
    Cite As
    Morris K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1431). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Langer, Lawrence L., interviewer.

    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., 53 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Mutual aid.
    Child survivors.
    Concentration camps Revolts.
    Mass killings.
    Postwar effects.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1094379
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:27:00
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