Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Maurice D., who was born in Nowe Miasto, Poland in 1924. He describes his Orthodox family; German invasion in September 1939; fleeing with his brother to Warsaw; returning to Nowe Miasto; slave labor in the ghetto and in a camp in East Prussia; deportation with his family to Birkenau via Plonsk in November 1942; separation from his parents and sisters upon arrival; transfer with his brother to Auschwitz; working the night shift in the Canada Kommando; transfer with his brother to I.G. Farben in Buna/Monowitz in 1943; the death march to Gleiwitz in January 1945; building tunnels in Buchenwald; jumping from a train evacuating Ohrdruf; hiding in a Czech village with assistance from the local people; traveling to Prague via Plzeň after liberation; learning of the Kielce pogrom in Katowice; obtaining permission to go to France from Prague; reunion with his brother in Paris; contacting his uncle in Rhode Island; and emigration to the United States in 1946. Mr. D. recounts marriage; the births of his children and grandchildren; and a recent visit to Nowe Miasto, Auschwitz, and Monowitz with his wife. He discusses relations between different ethnic groups in the camps.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1995
- Interview Date
- August 7, 1995.
- Locale
- Poland
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Paris (France)
Katowice (Poland) - Cite As
- Maurice D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3116). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: Betacam SP master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (5 hr., 4 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Postwar experiences.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Brothers. Escapes. Jews--Poland--Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (Poland) Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Poland. Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Prague (Czech Republic) Paris (France) Katowice (Poland) Death marches. D., Maurice,--1924- Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Ohrdruf (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1097615
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:32:00
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