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David M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-655)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-655

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David M., who was born in 1921. He recalls pervasive antisemitism in Luta, Poland; his father's murder in 1932; working in his family's bakery to supply bread for the ghetto; transfer to Jelen; learning his family was killed during his absence; transfer to the Łódź ghetto; starvation and disease; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau in 1944; transfer to Flossenbürg; forced labor in Siegmar-Schoenau; carrying a friend during a death march through Czechoslovakia; receiving food from Czech bystanders; liberation by the American Red Cross in Lidice; traveling to Prague, then Luta; returning to Prague after a friend's murder and the Kielce pogrom; the Joint's assistance in moving to Landsberg displaced persons camp; leaving because he did not feel free; founding a business with a friend in Germany; marriage; his son's birth; and emigration to the United States after five years. Mr. M. discusses achieving success and his strong patriotic feelings.
Author/Creator: M., David, 1921-
Published: Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1985
Interview Date: October 10, 1985.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Jelen (Poland)
Luta (Lublin, Poland)
Lidice (Czech Republic)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Germany
Cite As: David M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-655). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Notes: The audio quality of this testimony is poor.

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): Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Death marches. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Forced labor. Poland. Jelen (Poland) Luta (Lublin, Poland) Lidice (Czech Republic) Prague (Czech Republic) Germany. Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. M., David,--1921- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp) American Red Cross. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Birkenau (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (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/1110349
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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