Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Shalom T., who was born in 1921 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He recalls his family's move to Antwerp in 1936 and to Brussels three years later; their move to southern France in 1940; arrest in Lyon; two months incarceration in Rivesaltes; joining his parents in Nice; their escape to Italy; German occupation; being protected by the town's mayor; arrest and transfer to Borgo San Dalmazzo, Nice, and Drancy; deportation to Auschwitz in December 1943; forced labor at Buna/Monowitz; receiving food from non-Jewish co-workers and Wehrmacht officers; public hangings; being injured in an Allied bombing; assistance from a friend; the death march in January 1945; transfers to Althammer, Gleiwitz, Mauthausen, Buchenwald, Dora, and Ellrich; observing cannibalism by Soviet prisoners; transport to Bergen-Belsen; and liberation by British troops. Mr. T. describes returning to Brussels; contacting his grandfather in England; learning his family was in Palestine; and reunion with an uncle serving in the British army. He discusses his state of mind in the camps and the importance to his survival of remaining with friends.
- Published
- Ramat Aviv, Israel : Beth Hatefutsoth, Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, 1984
- Interview Date
- May 4, 1984.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Antwerp (Belgium)
Brussels (Belgium)
Lyon (France)
Italy
Borgo San Dalmazzo (Italy)
Nice (France) - Cite As
- Shalom T. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1062). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Hebrew.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Aid by non-Jews.
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. Friendship. Cannibalism. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Oral histories (document genres) Czechoslovakia. Bratislava (Slovakia) Antwerp (Belgium) Brussels (Belgium) Lyon (France) Italy. Borgo San Dalmazzo (Italy) Nice (France) Death marches. T., Shalom,--1921- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Dora (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Drancy (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp) Rivesaltes (Concentration camp) Ellrich (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/4282924
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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