Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jack S., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1924, the oldest of three children. He recalls their poverty; his father's death before the war; German invasion; ghettoization; forced labor; deportation of his mother and siblings; his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944; observing suicides; transfer three weeks later to Dachau; receiving food from Germans while working outside the camp; liberation by United States troops; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States in 1950; marriage to an American; and the births of two daughters. Mr. S. discusses living from day to day in the camps; the cruelty of Jewish kapos, although not all were bad; emotional distress upon realizing none of his family had survived; and learning to "feel like a human being again" after the war. He shows photographs.
- Published
- Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1989
- Interview Date
- December 28, 1989.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland) - Cite As
- Jack S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1421). 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 (43 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) S., Jack,--1924- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Dachau (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/4283793
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4283793
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