Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of David B., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1919. He recalls pervasive antisemitism; belonging to the Zionist organization Gordonyah; German invasion; deportation for forced labor three weeks later; escaping from a train in 1940; returning home; transfer with his family to Kielce; ghettoization; deportation of most of his family to Treblinka; forced labor with his brother in Ludwikow; a German foreman who saved many Jews; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his brother and a later reunion; transfer with his brother two weeks later; bombings at Klinkerwerk; a death march from Sachsenhausen; desertion by their guards; joining a group of United States POWs; living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; marriage in 1947; and emigration to the United States in 1950. Mr. B. notes he was in many camps and memories that haunt him despite his efforts to forget.
- Published
- Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1987
- Interview Date
- November 23, 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Kielce
Germany
Łódź (Poland)
Kielce (Poland) - Cite As
- David B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1165). 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 (1 hr.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Kielce. Escapes. Refugee camps. Brothers. Death marches. Prisoners of war--Germany. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Kielce (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) B., David,--1919- Gordonyah--Makabi ha-tsaʻir (Association) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4283415
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4283415
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