- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Isaac E., who was born in Łuków, Poland in 1916. He recalls moving to Baranowicze when he was seven; attending religious school; military enlistment in 1937; German invasion; returning to Baranowicze; Soviet occupation; confiscation of his father's shoe factory (he was designated a Kulak); German invasion; ghettoization; a mass killing including his mother, brother, and sister; forced labor in the ghetto; the Judenrat not allowing him to leave the ghetto to work; separation from his father and brothers; working for the SS making shoes; arranging a Jewish child's adoption by a Russian woman; transfer to Koldychevo; working as a shoemaker; meeting his future wife; escaping from the camp with other prisoners; hiding in a forest; liberation by Soviet troops; and emigrating to the United States in 1952. Mr. E. discusses his confidence that he would survive; nightmares resulting from the war years; sharing his experiences with his children; and identifying a war criminal, who continues to live in the United States, for Soviet officials.
- Author/Creator
- E., Isaac, 1916-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- November 18,1991.
- Locale
- Belarus
Baranavichy
Łuków (Lublin, Poland)
Poland
Baranavichy (Belarus)
- Cite As
- Isaac E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2085). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.
