Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Michael K., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1919, one of seven children. He recounts his mother's death; his father's remarriage; antisemitic violence; learning the wholesale shoe business starting at age fourteen; German invasion; moving with his family to an older sister's home in Tarnów; arrest for traveling on a train; incarceration in Pustków; escaping; moving with his family to Proszowice, then into the Kraków ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; remaining with his father and brother; his father's selection for death; transfer to Buna/Monowitz; a boy helping him obtain a better job; transfer to Gross-Rosen, then Buchenwald; his brother's death; liberation by United States troops; living in Weimar; emigration to Israel in 1948; military service; and marriage. Mr. K. discusses public hangings of camp escapees; observing Yom Kippur one year in camp; not understanding how he survived; and being the sole survivor of his family.
- Published
- Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1987
- Interview Date
- June 29, 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Kraków
Kraków (Poland)
Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland)
Proszowice (Poland)
Weimer (Thuringia, Germany)
Israel - Cite As
- Michael K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1026). 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 (59 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Escapes. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Kraków. Fathers and sons. Brothers. Forced labor. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Poland. Kraków (Poland) Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland) Proszowice (Poland) Weimer (Thuringia, Germany) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) K., Michael,--1919- Pustków (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Monowitz (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/4282892
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4282892
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