Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Joseph S., who was born in Mława, Poland in 1920. He recalls his family's move to Busko-Zdrój in 1928, then Kraków in 1931; membership in the Bund; distributing anti-German leaflets; German invasion; escaping to L'viv in the Soviet zone; German invasion in 1941; being injured during an anti-Jewish riot during which many Jews were killed; help from Polish nurses; obtaining permission to join his family in Częstochowa; a beating when he was identified as a Jew at the Kraków railroad station; living with his family in the Częstochowa ghetto; deportation of his parents and sister to Treblinka; forced factory labor with his brother; planning an uprising, procuring weapons, and building bunkers; surviving the ghetto uprising; transfer to Buchenwald, then Dora/Nordhausen; evacuation; liberation by United States troops; convalescing in Seesen; building a memorial there; reunion with his girlfriend in Feldafing; marriage in Seesen; moving to the Eschwege displaced persons camp; working for ORT; and emigrating with his wife and brother to the United States. He discusses his trip to Poland in 1984 and the organization of the underground in Częstochowa.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
- Interview Date
- May 19, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Częstochowa
Mława (Poland)
Busko-Zdrój (Poland)
Kraków (Poland)
L'viv (Ukraine)
Częstochowa (Poland)
Seesen (Lower Saxony, Germany) - Cite As
- Joseph S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2041). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 43 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Soviet occupation.
Mass killings.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Bunkers.
Resistance.
Survivor-child relations.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Częstochowa. Forced labor. Brothers. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Poland. Mława (Poland) Busko-Zdrój (Poland) Kraków (Poland) L'viv (Ukraine) Częstochowa (Poland) Seesen (Lower Saxony, Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. S., Joseph,--1920- Częstochowa (Concentration camp) Allgemeyner Idisher arbayṭerbund in Liṭa, Poylen un Rusland. Buchenwald (Concentration camp) World ORT Union. Dora (Concentration camp) Nordhausen (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/4286060
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:28:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4286060
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