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Reuben N. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1021) interviewed by Nina Taus and Sandy Hoffman,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1021

Videotape testimony of Reuben N., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1920. He recounts his parents' deaths; living with relatives in Mława; visiting his sister in Płonsk; antisemitic harassment; participating in Betar; volunteering for the Polish military during the German invasion; traveling to Płonsk, then Ciechanów; a public hanging; forced labor; assistance from a Pole in escaping; joining Armia Ludowa in Praga; obtaining false documents and authentic baptismal papers; capture in Pułtusk in spring 1943; imprisonment in Pawiak and Szczecin; deportation to Auschwitz; learning his sister was alive; volunteering for transfer after a Pole suspected he was a Jew; arrival at Mauthausen; slave labor outside the camp; a death march returning to Mauthausen in spring 1945; liberation by United States troops; a six-month recuperation; returning to Poland; leaving due to pogroms against Jews; living in Berlin, then Hannover; hearing from his sister; attending veterinary school; marriage; emigration to the United States in 1949; completing his studies in Germany in 1951; and his career in the United States. Dr. N. discusses relations between prisoner groups and POWs; surviving due to his faith, hiding his Judaism, and kindnesses of others; health problems resulting from the war; and painful memories. He shows photographs and memorabilia.

Author/Creator
N., Reuben, 1921-
Published
Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1987
Interview Date
July 13, 1987.
Locale
Austria
Poland
Warsaw (Poland)
Mława (Poland)
Płońsk (Poland)
Ciechanów (Poland)
Pułtusk (Poland)
Praga (Warsaw, Poland)
Szczecin (Poland)
Berlin (Germany)
Hannover (Germany)
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Reuben N. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1021). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4282868
Record last modified: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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