- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Meier S., who was born in Năsăud, Romania in 1925. In addition to information included in two previously recorded testimonies, Mr. S. recounts moving to Beclean as a child; attending yeshivas in Satu Mare and Vác; Hungarian occupation; living in Budapest; participation in Mizrachi; German occupation in 1944; returning to Beclean; anti-Jewish measures; deportation with his family to Dej; forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau, Longwy-Thil, Kochendorf (Heilbronn), Dachau, and Allach; liberation; traveling to Italy, intending to emigrate to Palestine; living in displaced persons camps; organizing a religious hakshara near Naples; stowing away on a ship to Alexandria; and illegal entry to Palestine. Mr. S. discusses his brother's death in the Israel War of Independence; emigration to the United States in 1955; reluctance to share his experiences with his children when they were young; and visiting Dachau and Hungary with his wife. He shows photographs and memorabilia.
- Author/Creator
- S., Meier, 1925-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
- Interview Date
- November 17, 1993.
- Locale
- Dej (Romania)
Romania
Năsăud (Romania)
Palestine
Italy
Naples (Italy)
Beclean (Romania)
Satu Mare (Romania : Județ)
Vác (Hungary)
Budapest (Hungary)
Alexandria (Egypt)
- Cite As
- Meier S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2704). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Rappaport, Naomi, interviewer.
- Notes
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Related material: Meier S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-258), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Related material: Meier S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1146), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
