Harry T. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2326) interviewed by Raya C. Schapiro and Chaya Roth,
Videotape testimony of Harry T., who was born in Lask, Poland in 1923. He recalls the outbreak of war; an unsuccessful attempt to flee to Łódź; German occupation; public humiliation of Jews; fleeing, with his brother, to Białystok in the Soviet zone via Małkinia and Zareby Koscielne; returning to Lask in December; ghettoization; deportation to Nekla with his brother on March 25, 1942; unloading stones in another camp; public hangings of prisoners; transfer with his brother to Andrzejow in April 1943; their transfer to Birkenau in September 1943, and in December 1943 to Jaworzno; obtaining a privileged position making leather products for the lager fuhrer, who saved his and his brother's lives; frequent killings during the death march to Blechhammer in January 1945; a death march to Gross-Rosen; transport to Buchenwald; separation from his brother when he was transferred to Schönebeck; evacuation to Oranienburg/Sachsenhausen in April 1945; escaping from a barn during a death march in May; liberation by Soviet troops; learning that his brothers had survived; marriage; and emigration to the United States in September 1949.
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1992
- Interview Date
- November 15, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Łask
Łask (Poland)
Łódź (Poland)
Małkinia (Poland)
Zaręby Kościelne (Poland)
Białystok (Poland) - Language
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English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 1/2 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Cite As
- Harry T. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2326). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4287356
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