LEADER 04565cpd a2200661 a 4500001 1108256 005 20180530113251.0 008 960927s1984 ctu eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702215525 035 (CStRLIN)CTYV96-A240 035 1108256 035 HVT-548 035 |9AHJ0945YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)702125593 090 |bHVT-548 100 1 K., Leon, |d1924- 245 10 Leon K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-548) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Louis Rosenblum and Elaine Shepp,, |fJuly 25, 1984. 260 Wilmette, Ill. : |bHolocaust Education Foundation, |c1984. 300 1 videorecording (1 hr., 27 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Leon K., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1924. He recalls his orthodox family; apprenticeship with a shoemaker; German invasion; ghettoization in 1940; deportation to Hohensalza in September 1942; slave labor building railroads in a camp near Jaksice; a German supervisor sharing food with him; public hangings in Andrzejow; transfer to Birkenau in 1943; assistance from a Czech doctor in a camp hospital; construction work on an electric station in Jaworzno; working in the coal mines until January 17, 1945; assistance from a German; helping a man carry his son during the death march; mass killings in Bytom; fighting for food and sharing it with friends in Blechhammer; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. K. describes returning to Łódź; learning that his family was killed in Chełmno; antisemitic incidents; marriage; fleeing to Germany; living in displaced persons camps for six years; recuperating from several health problems; and emigration to the United States. He notes many instances where survival depended upon prisoners helping each other and discusses his severe depression after liberation. 562 |e2 copies: |b3/4 in. master; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 524 Leon K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-548). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 600 10 K., Leon, |d1924- 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xChildren. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359 650 0 Jewish ghettos. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95007077 650 0 Jews |zPoland |zŁódź. 650 0 Forced labor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453 650 0 Death marches. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006384 650 0 Concentration camp inmates |xEscapes. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xAtrocities. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148285 651 0 Poland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071 651 0 Łódź (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80093570 610 20 Birkenau (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96068007 610 20 Jaworzno (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96068601 651 0 Bytom (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50058496 610 20 Blechhammer E/3 (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr99006567 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Child survivors. 690 4 Aid by non-Jews. 690 4 Mutual aid. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 690 4 Antisemitism |yPostwar. 650 0 Refugee camps. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87007802 690 4 Mass killings. 691 4 Andrzejow (Poland : Concentration camp) 691 4 Łódź ghetto. 691 4 Hohensalza (Poland : Concentration camp) 693 24 Hospital (Auschwitz) 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b1238092 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.0548) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/610vq2s75s 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/