Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ralph B., who was born in Białystok, Poland in 1915. He recalls his family's involvement in the textile and leather industries; antisemitic incidents; a futile attempt to emigrate in 1938; German invasion; fleeing to Vilnius; returning after Soviet occupation of Białystok; German invasion in June 1941; mass killings and burnings; ghettoization in August; marriage; working outside of the ghetto, thus obtaining additional food; both altruistic and self-serving members of the Judenrat; an unsuccessful uprising at the ghetto's liquidation in August 1943; selection to clean the ghetto rubble (his wife and daughter remained with him); his daughter's death; deportation to Lublin via Treblinka; help from others when he had typhus; and transfer to Auschwitz in July 1944. Mr B. discusses his special affinity for Białystok and shows the Białystok memorial book.
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1986
- Interview Date
- November 9, 1986.
- Locale
- Poland
Białystok
Białystok (Poland)
Vilnius (Lithuania) - Cite As
- Ralph B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-801). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
-
Related publication: Der Bialistoker yizker bukh / [redaktsye-kolegye, Y. Shmuleṿiṭsh, Isak Ribaloṿsḳi, Shemu'el A. Ḳroniḳ , Y. Shmuleṿiṭsh, redaḳṭor]. -- Nyu Yorḳ : Aroysgebn fun dem Byalisṭoḳer Tsenṭer, c1982.
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., 19 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Marriage in Jewish ghettos.
Resistance. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland--Białystok. Jewish councils. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Białystok. Children--Death. Forced labor. Poland. Białystok (Poland) Vilnius (Lithuania) Oral histories (document genres) B., Ralph,--1915- Treblinka (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (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/1108251
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:27:00
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1108251
Additional Resources
Librarian ViewDownload & Licensing
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Requires Research Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
- Find Viewing Location
Request Access from Yale University Libraries
- Requires Yale University Libraries Permission
- Accessing Fortunoff interviews
- Log in to Request and View
- About the Fortunoff Archive