Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Sol R., who was born in Velikiye Luchki, Czechoslovakia in 1928. He recounts Hungarian occupation; going to work at age thirteen after his father was taken to a forced labor battalion; his father's return; a four-week incarceration with his family in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his mother and sisters (he never saw them again); his father giving him his bread; separation from his father (he never saw him again); transfer to Mauthausen, then Melk, with his friend Sam; slave labor digging tunnels; assistance from Sam, who had a privileged job; transfer to Ebensee; liberation by United States troops; returning to Velikiye Luchki; attending school in Prague; reunion with his brother in Mukacheve; living in an UNRRA displaced persons camp for a year; and emigration to the United States. Mr. R. discusses emotional problems resulting from his experiences; support from family members; and his continuing friendship with Sam.
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1986
- Interview Date
- December 14, 1986.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Prague (Czech Republic)
Velyki Luchky (Ukraine)
Mukacheve (Ukraine) - Cite As
- Sol R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-804). 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 (48 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Hungarian occupation.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Child survivors.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Friendship. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Forced labor. Fathers and sons. Czechoslovakia. Prague (Czech Republic) Velyki Luchky (Ukraine) Mukacheve (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. R., Sol,--1928- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Ebensee (Concentration camp) Melk (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1108254
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1108254
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