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Leon F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1867) interviewed by Rayzl Kalifowicz-Waletsky,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1867

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Leon F., who was born in Berez︠h︡any, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (now Ukraine) in 1908. Mr. F. recalls hiding with his family when the town was burned in World War I; antisemitic harassment; attending yeshiva in Stanisławów; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; attending medical school in Prague and theological school in Frankfurt; working as a gynecologist in Warsaw; his father's death in 1938; German invasion; draft into the Polish military; finding his unit had been destroyed in Mińsk Mazowiecki; escaping to the Soviet occupied zone; imprisonment as a spy; draft into the Soviet military; assignment to front lines in Finland in 1941; returning to Soviet territory; organizing surgical units; German attack in 1941; participating in Yom Kippur services with Jews near Kineshma; joining Armia Ludowa; liberating Polish cities, then Berlin; entering Hitler's chancellory; returning to Poland; helping to collect Jewish children from Catholic institutions in the Łódź area; discharge; leaving Poland due to antisemitism; working in Schlactensee and other displaced persons camps organized by UNRRA in Berlin; marriage to a Jewish nurse he had met during the war; emigrating to the United States in 1948; and working as a gynecologist. Dr. F. discusses episodes during the war and after; his identity with his family's rabbinical heritage; his mother's difficult life; and his interest in Jewish rescue by non-Jews. He shows artifacts.
    Author/Creator
    F., Leon, 1908-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
    Interview Date
    November 6, 1991.
    Locale
    Austria
    Berez︠h︡any (Ukraine)
    Stanislav (Ukraine)
    Prague (Czech Republic)
    Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
    Warsaw (Poland)
    Mińsk Mazowiecki (Poland)
    Kineshma (Russia)
    Finland
    Berlin (Germany)
    Łódź (Poland)
    Cite As
    Leon F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1867). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Kalifowicz-Waletsky, Rayzl, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 57 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar experiences.
    Antisemitism Postwar.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Soviet. Refugee camps. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Soviet. Austria. Berez︠h︡any (Ukraine) Stanislav (Ukraine) Prague (Czech Republic) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Warsaw (Poland) Mińsk Mazowiecki (Poland) Kineshma (Russia) Finland. Berlin (Germany) Łódź (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) F., Leon,--1908- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Poland.--Armia Ludowa. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Schlachtensee (Displaced persons camp) World Hashomer Hatzair.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4284746
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:58:00
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