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Abe W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1000)

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Abe W., who was born in Poland in 1914, one of six children. He recalls living in Łódź; attending Jewish and public schools; working in his uncle's factory; German invasion in September 1939; traveling to Warsaw, Mszczonów, and Częstochowa; unsuccessfully attempting to enter the Soviet zone; deportation to Luckenwalde then Kraków; returning to the Łódź ghetto; moving his father and brother to Piotrków Trybunalski; having to remain in Łódź with his mother and other siblings when the ghetto was closed; a privileged position in a German factory; his brother's marriage; hiding his mother and sister during round-ups; using his position to assist others; public hangings; a clandestine seder and prayer groups; deportation to Auschwitz in summer 1944; separation with his brother from his mother and sister; transfer to Hannover; slave labor; assisting his brother; religious observances; transfer to Ahlem, then Bergen-Belsen; being assigned to move bodies to mass graves; liberation by British troops; hospitalization; the Red Cross transporting him and his brother to Malmö, Sweden; living in Stockholm; marriage, his daughter's birth; emigration to the United States; and the birth of twins. Mr. W. shows photographs and documents.
    Author/Creator
    W., Abe, 1914-
    Published
    Columbus, Ohio : Children of Holocaust Survivors, Columbus Chapter, 1987
    Interview Date
    July 26, 1987.
    Locale
    Poland
    Łódź
    Łódź (Poland)
    Mszczonów (Poland)
    Warsaw (Poland)
    Luckenwalde (Germany)
    Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
    Kraków (Poland)
    Malmö (Sweden)
    Stockholm (Sweden)
    Cite As
    Abe W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1000). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 49 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Marriage in Jewish ghettos.
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4282806
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:33:00
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