- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Eugene F., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1922. He recalls his family's move to Kolomyi︠a︡; his father's Zionist activities; studying engineering in Lv́iv; futile efforts to return to Kolomyi︠a︡ after the German invasion; round-ups of Jews; and escaping to the Soviet Union. Mr. F. recounts farm and office work; conscription into a workers' battalion; digging trenches near Stalingrad; working in a steel factory in Baku; returning to Lv́iv after liberation; traveling to Kraków in 1945; learning his entire family had perished; leaving Poland; receiving help from Jewish organizations en route to Italy; living at the Bari displaced persons camp; completing his engineering degree; visiting his uncle in Israel in 1949; and emigrating to the United States in 1951. He notes almost all of his classmates from Kolomyi︠a︡ perished and discusses continuing nightmares about his family.
- Author/Creator
- F., Eugene, 1922-
- Published
- Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1992
- Interview Date
- June 4, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Kolomyi︠a︡ (Ukraine)
L'viv (Ukraine)
Baku (Azerbaijan)
Kraków (Poland)
Israel
- Cite As
- Eugene F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2445). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Grossman, Alys Kremer, interviewer.
