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Joe D. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1678) interviewed by Allen M. Siegel,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1678

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Joe D., who was born in Białystok, Poland in 1923. He describes vibrant Jewish life; a boycott of Jewish stores; Soviet occupation in 1939; learning plumbing at an ORT school; German invasion; mass killings; ghettoization; establishment of Jewish factories by the Judenrat under Ephraim Barash's leadership; his father's deportation in 1942; forced labor; hiding with his mother and brothers during deportations in February 1943; his mother's and younger brother's deportation in August; being jailed in Hrodna and Łomża with his brother; their deportation to Stutthof in December, then to Birkenau; liquidation of the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager); working with his brother as plumbers in Monowitz; a death march to Gleiwitz in January 1945; their transport to Buchenwald, Holzen, and Bergen-Belsen; witnessing cannibalism; and liberation by British troops. Mr. D. recounts the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; living in Marburg with his brother; assistance for his wedding from the Joint in May 1946; emigration to the United States in 1949 with assistance from HIAS; and establishing a plumbing business. He notes the importance of plumbing skills to his survival; the shock of separation from his parents and brother, not knowing how and where they perished; and severe depression upon liberation.
    Author/Creator
    D., Joe, 1923-
    Published
    Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1991
    Interview Date
    April 28, 1991.
    Locale
    Poland
    Białystok
    Białystok (Poland)
    Hrodna (Belarus)
    Łomża (Poland)
    Marburg (Germany)
    Cite As
    Joe D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1678). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Siegel, Allen M., interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 24 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Soviet occupation.
    Mass killings.
    Hiding.
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar experiences.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Białystok. Jewish councils. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Forced labor. Cannibalism. Brothers. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Death marches. Poland. Białystok (Poland) Hrodna (Belarus) Łomża (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Marburg (Germany) D., Joe,--1923- Barash, Ephraim,--1892-1943. World ORT Union. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. HIAS (Agency) Birkenau (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen. Stutthof (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1110344
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:31:00
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