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Jacob G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1422) interviewed by Sandy Hoffman and Jeanette Peckerman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1422

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Jacob G., who was born in Siedlce, Poland in 1914. He recounts his mother's death when he was five; his father's remarriage; an unpleasant childhood; moving with his family to Warsaw in 1921; working in his father's sign painting business; increasing antisemitism in the 1930s; German invasion; fleeing six weeks later to Białystok in the Soviet zone; deportation to Siberia; forced labor; being allowed to leave after Germany invaded the Soviet Union; traveling to Uzbekistan; working in a produce business; learning in 1944 there were virtually no Jews left alive in Poland; reunion with a brother who had also been in Siberia; traveling with his brother to Łódź in summer 1945, then to Germany; living in Landsberg displaced persons camp; marriage; emigration to Israel in 1949; and joining his brother in the United States in 1958.
Author/Creator: G., Jacob, 1914-
Published: Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1989
Interview Date: March 15, 1989.
Locale: Soviet Union
Poland
Siedlce (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Białystok (Poland)
Siberia (Russia)
Uzbekistan
Łódź (Poland)
Israel
Cite As: Jacob G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1422). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Hoffman, Sanford, interviewer.
Peckerman, Jeanette, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (47 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Subjects: Holcaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Soviet Union. Forced labor--Soviet Union--History--20th century. Refugee camps. Poland. Siedlce (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Białystok (Poland) Siberia (Russia) Uzbekistan. Łódź (Poland) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) G., Jacob,--1914- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons 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/4283798
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4283798

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