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Moshe F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1956) interviewed by Nathan Wolkowitz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1956

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Moshe F., who was born in Uniejów, Poland in 1913, the youngest of eight children. He recalls the deaths of his father and mother; living with his grandmother in Wladyslawow (Russocice), with uncles in Będzin, then with uncles in Łódź; working in a bakery; starting his own business; marriage; his son's birth; German invasion; ghettoization; working in a public kitchen; deportation with his wife and son to Auschwitz; separation upon arrival (he never saw them again); meaningless slave labor; transfer to Kaufering; reunion with a brother; working in the camp hospital and disposing of corpses; sharing extra food with others; liberation; living in a displaced persons camp with his brother, then in Munich; marriage; his son's birth; emigration to Israel to join his sister; moving to the United States; and eventually owning his own bakery. Mr. F. discusses details of ghetto and camp life. He sings a song a friend wrote in Auschwitz and shows photographs.
Author/Creator: F., Moshe, 1913-
Published: Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1991
Interview Date: November 10, 1991.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Uniejów (Łódź, Poland)
Russocice (Poland)
Będzin (Poland)
Łódź (Poland)
Munich (Germany)
Israel
Cite As: Moshe F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1956). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Wolkowitz, Nathan, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: Yiddish
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr., 21 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Mutual aid.
Wife Death.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Children--Death. Brothers. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Concentration camps--Songs and music. Poland. Uniejów (Łódź, Poland) Russocice (Poland) Będzin (Poland) Łódź (Poland) Munich (Germany) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) F., Moshe,--1913- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Kaufering (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/4285391
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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