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Joseph F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-405) interviewed by Janet Hadda,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-405

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Joseph F., who was born in Poland in 1919. He recalls Jews being beaten on the street before the war; the deportation of his parents and five siblings from the Łódź ghetto (he never saw them again); deportation of the community leaders; learning from a truck driver that the leaders were killed by the SS in a nearby forest; liquidation of the Łódź ghetto in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; slave labor in a coal mine in Silesia; the death march to Mauthausen via Czechoslovakia; assistance from the Czech population; transporting stone blocks in Mauthausen; building factories in Ebensee; and liberation by United States troops in May 1945. Mr. F. recalls meeting his future wife; working as a translator in Munich; returning to Poland; fleeing because of antisemitic incidents; contacting his relatives in Canada; and emigrating to the United States in 1949. He reflects upon his recent visit with friends to Mauthausen; his gratitude to the Allies; and sharing his experiences with his daughter.
Author/Creator: F., Joseph, 1919-
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Holocaust Documentation Archives, 1983
Interview Date: October 16, 1983.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Munich (Germany)
Cite As: Joseph F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-405). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Hadda, Janet, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (59 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mass killings.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Poland. Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Death marches. F., Joseph,--1919- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Ebensee (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/1098937
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:32:00
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