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Shalom T. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1062) interviewed by Dina Choshen and Raphael Rozner,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1062

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    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.
    Author/Creator
    T., Shalom, 1921-
    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.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Choshen, Dina, interviewer.
    Rozner, Raphael, interviewer.
    Notes
    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.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4282924
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:58:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4282924

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