Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Morris R., who was born in Kielce, Poland in 1914. He describes his orthodox family; attending a selective Polish school; antisemitic incidents, particularly by members of Endecja; serving in the Polish military from 1935 to 1937; mobilization five days before the German invasion; retreating to Łódź, Warsaw, then Tomaszow Lubelski; a last stand against German troops; posing as a civilian and fleeing to Lublin; brief imprisonment; traveling to Puławy, then Radom; and returning to Kielce. Mr. R. recounts reunion with his family; hiding to avoid forced labor; arranging to work with his father and two brothers as carpenters to avoid deportation; and liquidation of the ghetto on August 20, 1942 (he never saw his parents and youngest brother again).
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1987
- Interview Date
- 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Kielce
Kielce (Poland)
Tomaszów Lubelski (Poland)
Puławy (Poland)
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Lublin (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Łódź (Poland) - Cite As
- Morris R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1007). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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., 13 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
- Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Draft--Poland. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Kielce. Forced labor. Poland. Kielce (Poland) Tomaszów Lubelski (Poland) Puławy (Poland) Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Lublin (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Łódź (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) R., Morris,--1914- Narodowa Demokracja (Political party : Poland)
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/1113646
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:27:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1113646
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