- Summary
- Videotape testimony of David W., who was born in Chzarnów, Poland in 1921. He describes a barber's apprenticeship; antisemitism beginning in 1935; German invasion; fleeing east; digging graves for a mass killing in Trzebinia; anti-Jewish measures; forced labor in Libiąż in 1940; transfer with his brother to Bobrek in 1941; their transport to Sosnowiec, then Blechhammer, in May 1942; switching places to avoid separation from his brother; their transfer to Brande; transfer to a work camp in Sudetenland; improved conditions; working as a barber in an adjacent POW camp; learning of the Chzarnów ghetto's liquidation; their transfer to Langenbielau in fall 1943; sharing bread with his brother and friends; transfer to Faulbrük; assistance from a German guard; helping his brother during a serious illness with assistance from a Hungarian inmate; separation from his brother; transfer to Reichenbach; returning to Langenbielau in March 1945; the disappearance of German guards in May; reunion with his brother and sister; traveling to Prague; and emigrating from Germany to the United States. Mr. W. notes the importance to his survival of being with his brother, humor, and his barber skills.
- Author/Creator
- W., David, 1921-
- Published
- Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1991
- Interview Date
- January 31, 1991.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Poland
Chzarnów (Poland)
Trzebinia (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland)
Libiąż (Poland)
Prague (Czech Republic)
- Cite As
- David W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1687). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Cohn, Helen, interviewer.
Osadchey, Lidya, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Sol W. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-1543), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
