Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jack M., who was born in Gdańsk, Poland in 1927 and grew up in Gdynia. He recalls a pleasant childhood in an affluent family; his father sending the family to Działoszyce (his father's hometown) in August 1939; German invasion; his sister joining relatives in another town; moving with his mother and brother to Sławków; substituting for other people's forced labor to earn money; and separation from his family during a round-up in 1942. Mr. M. describes his experiences in Blechhammer, Gross Masselwitz, Dyhernfurth, Brande, Bad Warmbrunn, and Doernhau; forced labor in an I.G. Farben plant; the importance to survival of helping each other; the disappearance of guards at Doernhau; a brief visit to Langenbielau; returning to Poland to seek surviving family; fleeing west; working at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; reunion with an uncle and aunt; and emigrating to the United States in June 1946. He discusses the organization of concentration camp life; his ever present memories and sense of loss; recent visits to Poland; and attending a survivors' meeting.
- Published
- Kansas City, Mo. : Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Inc., 1994
- Interview Date
- February 23, 1994.
- Locale
- Gdańsk (Poland)
Poland
Gdynia (Poland)
Działoszyce (Poland)
Sławków (Poland) - Cite As
- Jack M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2333). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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Additional written materials are available in the repository.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 16 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Gdańsk (Poland) Poland. Gdynia (Poland) Działoszyce (Poland) Sławków (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. M., Jack,--1927- Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. Langenbielau (Concentration camp) Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp) Blechhammer E/3 (Concentration camp) Gross Masselwitz (Concentration camp) Dyhernfurth II (Concentration camp) Brande (Concentration camp) Bad Warmbrunn (Concentration camp) Dörnhau (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/1100256
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:24:00
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