- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Andrew B., who was born in Bushtyna, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1930. He recalls his family's long history in the town; Hungarian occupation; his bar mitzvah; Hungarians ransacking Jewish homes; the police chief's wife helping them; forced relocation to Kushnytsya; ghettoization in Mátészalka; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau in summer 1944; separation from his mother and grandfather upon arrival (they perished), then from his father and brother; avoiding many selections; forced labor; liquidation of the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager); remaining with a cousin; receiving extra food from his aunt; assisting at the arrival of transports from the Łódź ghetto; the death march to Gliwice in January 1945; train transport to Mauthausen; Czech women throwing them food; cannibalism; killing of American prisoners of war; transfer to Gunskirchen; liberation by United States troops; reunion with his father and brother in Budapest; moving to Prague; a futile attempt to recover property in their hometown (they did recover photographs); living in Liberec; and emigrating to the United States. Mr. B. discusses his close relationship to his father and stepmother; seldom speaking of his experiences; and great appreciation for the United States. He shows photographs.
- Author/Creator
- B., Andrew, 1930-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
- Interview Date
- May 18, 1992.
- Locale
- Hungary
Mátészalka
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Bushtyno (Ukraine)
Kushnytsya (Ukraine)
Gliwice (Poland)
Budapest (Hungary)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Liberec (Czech Republic)
- Cite As
- Andrew B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2042). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Gurewitsch, Brana, interviewer.
