Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Zygmunt G., who was born in Lwów, Poland in 1911. He recounts hardships during World War I; attending Polish school; antisemitic harassment; Soviet occupation; draft into the Soviet military in 1941 (he never saw his family again); German invasion; fleeing toward Russia with other soldiers; incarceration in labor camps in the Urals; learning in 1945 that his entire family had been killed; being allowed to return to Wrocław, Poland in 1946; traveling illegally to Vienna to escape antisemitism; living in a displaced persons camp, then Linz; emigrating to the United States in 1950; and marriage a year later. Mr. G. discusses nightmares and depression resulting from his experiences; strong patriotic feelings for the United States; and forgetting more as he grows older.
- Published
- San Antonio, Tex. : Children of the Holocaust-Second Generation of San Antonio, 1987
- Interview Date
- February 8, 1987.
- Locale
- Soviet Union
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Poland
Ural Mountains (Russia)
Wrocław (Poland)
Vienna (Austria)
Linz (Austria) - Cite As
- Zygmunt G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-925). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 24 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Soviet occupation.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Soviet. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Forced labor--Soviet Union. Refugee camps. Nightmares. Lʹviv (Ukraine) Poland. Ural Mountains (Russia) Wrocław (Poland) Vienna (Austria) Linz (Austria) Oral histories (document genres) G., Zygmunt,--1911-
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/4282638
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4282638
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