Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Charles L., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1928. He recounts German invasion; public humiliation of Jews; ghettoization; forced labor; a round-up, including his parents; obtaining his mother's release through connections; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from his mother and sister (he never saw them again); selection for work with his brother; clandestinely leaving the children's camp to join his brother; their transfer to Altenhammer; obtaining privileged work in the kitchen; providing food to his brother and others; a death march, then train transport to Nordhausen; public hangings; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; traveling to Hannover; marriage in the Bremen displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States. He notes that only three out of 250 family members survived and discusses his participation in a survivor organization.
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1985
- Interview Date
- October 10, 1985.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Hannover (Germany) - Cite As
- Charles L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-643). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Mutual aid. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Forced labor. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Jewish ghettos. Brothers. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Death marches. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Hannover (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) L., Charles,--1928- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Nordhausen (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/1108249
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:46:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1108249
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