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Jay M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-430) interviewed by Ian Russ,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-430

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Jay M., who was born in Białystok, Poland. He recounts growing up in a Jewish neighborhood; his father's emigration to the United States; German invasion; Soviet occupation a week later; German invasion in June 1941; a mass killing; ghettoization; the role of the Judenrat; hiding with his mother and sister during mass killings; working with his mother and sister at a munitions factory; hiding with his mother and sister in bunkers after liquidation of the ghetto was announced on August 16, 1943; constant fear of discovery; escaping to the forest in November 1943; learning his mother and sister were deported; bombing trains and attacking German forces with partisans; and liberation by Soviet troops in the summer of 1944. Mr. M. describes enlisting in the Soviet army; military training and service; attending officers' school; working as an instructor; his joy at learning in 1945 that his mother and sister had survived; returning to Poland in December 1946 after a difficult repatriation process; obtaining an illegal visa in Łódź; traveling to Vienna; and reunion with his mother and sister in Nuremberg in March 1947. He emphasizes the importance of never giving up and fighting against all odds.
    Author/Creator
    M., Jay.
    Published
    Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Holocaust Documentation Archives, 1983
    Interview Date
    June 18, 1983.
    Locale
    Poland
    Białystok
    Białystok (Poland)
    Łódź (Poland)
    Nuremberg (Germany)
    Vienna (Austria)
    Cite As
    Jay M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-430). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Russ, Ian, 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., 27 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Soviet occupation.
    Mass killings.
    Mutual aid.
    Hiding.
    Partisans.
    Forests.
    Bunkers.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1098942
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:46:00
    This page:
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