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Stanley B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-401) interviewed by Ian Russ and Elaine Perlsweig,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-401

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Stanley B., who was born in Oświęcim, Poland in 1923. He recounts antisemitic incidents after Hitler came to power in 1933; an apprenticeship as a jeweler in Bielitz; German invasion; his mother's and siblings' unsuccessful attempt to flee; anti-Jewish laws; construction of Auschwitz concentration camp; Himmler's visit to Oświęcim; visiting his family in Sosnowiec before they were deported (he never saw them again); transfer to Blechhammer; working as an electrician; doing some jewelry work for camp officials in exchange for food; escaping during evacuation from a barn in Głogówek; crossing the Oder; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. B. describes a public hanging of a prisoner, for using wire as a belt, who did not die until the fourth time he was hung.
Author/Creator: B., Stanley, 1923-
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Holocaust Documentation Archives, 1984
Interview Date: January 28, 1984.
Locale: Poland
Oświęcim (Poland)
Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
Głogówek (Poland)
Cite As: Stanley B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-401). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Russ, Ian, interviewer.
Perlsweig, Elaine, 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., 26 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Poland. Oświęcim (Poland) Bielsko-Biała (Poland) Głogówek (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Concentration camp inmates--Escapes. B., Stanley,--1923- Blechhammer E/3 (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/1098951
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:27:00
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