Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Allen W., who was born in Radom, Poland in 1931. He recalls attending a Jewish school; antisemitic harassment; German invasion; his father and brother fleeing toward the Soviet zone while he and his mother went to Iłża; all of them returning to Radom; anti-Jewish restrictions; his brother-in-law's killing; escaping from a deportation train; returning home with assistance from non-Jews; taking the identity of a person who had died; the transition of Radom from ghetto to camp; public executions; a forced march to Tomaszów Mazowiecki; deportation with his family to Auschwitz; transfer, with his father and brother to Vaihingen, then Unterriexingen; sharing food with each other; their transfer to Kochendorf; a death march to Dachau; receiving food from a German woman; train transport; abandonment by the guards; liberation by United States troops; moving with his brother to Garmisch; learning his sister and father had perished; reunion with his mother in November 1945; living in Prien displaced persons camp; and emigrating to the United States in 1948. Mr. W. discusses sharing his experiences with his children and reluctance to travel to Germany.
- Published
- Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1991
- Interview Date
- February 20, 1991.
- Locale
- Poland
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie)
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Iłża (Poland)
Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) - Cite As
- Allen W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2295). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 56 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie) Escapes. Forced labor. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Brothers. Mothers and sons. Fathers and sons. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Death marches. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Poland. Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Iłża (Poland) Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland) Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. W., Allen,--1931- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Kochendorf (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/4287236
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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