Peter S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1872) interviewed by Jaschael Pery,
Videotape testimony of Peter S., who was born in Chomonin, Czechoslovakia in 1923. He remembers antisemitic harassment; attending school in Mukacheve; membership in Hashomer Hatzair and Betar; Hungarian occupation; compulsory service in a Hungarian slave labor battalion in Uz︠h︡horod; German occupation; transfer to Baia Mare (Nagybánya), then Ditrău; a beating by Hungarian police; futile escape attempts; transfer to Budapest; meeting his brother; escaping; producing false papers for the Swedish Red Cross; returning to the battalion since he was unable to hide; transfer to Szombathely; returning to Budapest to work for the Swedish Red Cross; talking to Raoul Wallenberg; being caught during a Gestapo raid; torture while imprisoned; escape; hiding in the Swedish Consulate; liberation by Soviet troops; reunion with his siblings; returning briefly to his hometown; working for Beriḥah, then at Leipheim displaced persons camp; learning about the deaths of his parents; emigrating to the United States; and his reluctance to share his experiences with his children. He shows photographs and documents.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial for the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- October 31, 1991.
- Locale
- Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Chomonin (Ukraine)
Mukacheve (Ukraine)
Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
Baia Mare (Romania)
Ditrău (Romania)
Budapest (Hungary)
Szombathely (Hungary) - Language
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English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Cite As
- Peter S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1872). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4284939
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