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Myron B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1507) interviewed by Gregory Szych and Rivie Zeiler,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1507

Videotape testimony of Myron B., who was born in Poland in 1926. He recalls growing up in a family of nine children in Sosnowiec; belonging to a Zionist youth group; German invasion in September 1939; anti-Jewish regulations; forced labor; moving to Katowice to work with his older brother; deportation of three brothers and one sister; deportation with his brother to Blechhammer in 1942 (he never saw his parents and younger siblings again); dehumanization as prisoners became "numbers"; the supportive relationship with his brother; the death march and train transport to Gross Rosen in January 1945; transfer to Buchenwald, then Langenstein; and liberation in April by United States troops. Mr. B. recounts living in Langenstein, then Stuttgart; reunion with his older sister and a cousin; training for the Israeli army in Marseille; emigrating to Israel in 1948; army service for fourteen months; reunion with two brothers; and joining his older brother and sister in the United States in 1955. He notes he has "blocked out" many memories and is reluctant to discuss his experience.

Author/Creator
B., Myron 1926-
Published
Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1990
Interview Date
June 20, 1990.
Locale
Poland
Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
Katowice (Poland)
Stuttgart (Germany)
Marseille (France)
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Myron B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1507). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1098948
Record last modified: 2018-06-04 13:24:00
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