- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Martin W., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1929. He recalls antisemitic harassment on the street; German invasion; his father protecting his German business partner from Polish violence; betrayal by the partner resulting in expulsion from their home; ghettoization; smuggling food; hospitalization of his father, mother, and sister; their deaths; living with an uncle; the deaths of his other two sisters; deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944; staying with his uncle; joining a group with two friends that left Auschwitz under cover of Allied bombing; transfer to Friedland; escaping with a friend on May 7; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Plzeň; friendship with United States soldiers; employment by the U.S. military; living in Regensburg, then a displaced persons camp in Munich; emigrating to the United States in 1946; assistance from UNRRA; living in an orphanage; and leaving after receiving support from American relatives. Mr. W. discusses the difficulty of burying his parents and sisters; loneliness upon arrival in the U.S.; enduring friendships with fellow refugees; sharing some of his experiences with some of his children, while not speaking of others because they are too painful; and amplification of this pain as he ages.
- Author/Creator
- W., Martin, 1929-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
- Interview Date
- April 21, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Plzeň (Czech Republic)
Regensburg (Germany)
- Cite As
- Martin W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2029). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Rappaport, Naomi, interviewer.
