- Summary
- Videotape testimony of William N., who was born in Zawiercie, Poland in 1923. He recalls antisemitic harassment; German invasion; fleeing to Wolbrom; returning after several days; forced labor; one brother fleeing to the Soviet Union; his other brother volunteering for forced labor in Germany, hoping to protect his parents and William N.; deportation to Ottmuth, then Fünfteichen/Markstädt in 1942; receiving packages from his parents through a Polish factory worker; a severe beating after being caught with extra food; his brother's arrival in 1943; frequently helping each other; their transfer to Gross-Rosen, then Buchenwald; separation from his brother when he was transferred to Spaichingen; a death march to Dachau; observing cannibalism; escaping with another prisoner; a German feeding and sheltering them; liberation by United States troops; becoming ill from eating; reunion with his brothers in Memmingen; marriage; a child's birth; and emigration to the United States. Mr. N. discusses planning to kill Germans and not be Jewish if he survived, but just wanting to live after liberation. He shows photographs.
- Author/Creator
- N., William, 1923-
- Published
- Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1988
- Interview Date
- June 1, 1988.
- Locale
- Poland
Zawiercie (Poland)
Wolbrom (Poland)
Memmingen (Germany)
- Cite As
- William N. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1162). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Peckerman, Jeanette, interviewer.
Frydman, Rosie, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Michael N. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-3026), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
