Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jacques B., who was born in Poland in 1933. He recalls living in Warsaw; vacationing in Otwock when the Germans invaded; fleeing to Sarny with his parents; Soviet occupation; attending school until the German invasion in June 1941; fleeing with his parents to Siberia via Kobyzhcha; living with his mother in Turksib and Dzhambul from the end of 1941 until 1946 (his parents were divorced); observing people starving to death; repatriation to Wrocław with his mother; pervasive antisemitism in school; joining the youth section of the Bund; and emigration with his mother to Paris in May 1949.
- Published
- Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1993
- Interview Date
- November 30, 1993.
- Locale
- Poland
Warsaw (Poland)
Otwock (Poland)
Sarny (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
Zhambyl (Zhambyl oblysy, Kazakhstan)
Wrocław (Poland)
Kobyzhcha (Ukraine)
Turksib (Kazakhstan)
Paris (France) - Cite As
- Jacques B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2819). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
-
This testimony is in French.
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 29 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Soviet occupation.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Postwar. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Mothers and sons. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Poland. Warsaw (Poland) Otwock (Poland) Sarny (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) Zhambyl (Zhambyl oblysy, Kazakhstan) Wrocław (Poland) Kobyzhcha (Ukraine) Turksib (Kazakhstan) Paris (France) Oral histories (document genres) B., Jacques,--1933- Allgemeyner Idisher arbayṭerbund in Liṭa, Poylen un Rusland.
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/1109437
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:32:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1109437
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