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Eugene F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2445) interviewed by Alys Kremer Grossman,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2445

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
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Eugene F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2445). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1094397
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