Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Samuel A., who was born in Grimaylov, Poland (now Ukraine) in 1916. He recalls attending public school; participating in Betar; working in the family restaurant; being drafted into the Polish military in 1939; German invasion; being captured; separation of the Jewish POWs; escaping with help from a Pole; returning home; Soviet occupation; German invasion in 1941; establishment of the Judenrat; hiding to avoid becoming a member of the Jewish police; agricultural work at a labor camp; release of all the prisoners by the camp commander; hiding with his brother in Kopychynt︠s︡i; round-up of all Jews; being assigned to dig mass graves; escaping during the shooting; hiding with his brother; liberation by Soviet troops; joining the Polish army; training in Sumy and Chełm; campaigns from Wrocław to Berlin then back to Radom; meeting his future wife in Gliwice; learning most of his family had been killed; living in Vienna and in displaced persons camps in Wegscheid, Ulm, and Föhrenwald; and emigrating to the United States in 1951. Mr. A. notes many non-Jews who helped him survive and he shows photographs.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994
- Interview Date
- March 8, 1994.
- Locale
- Poland
Hrymaĭliv (Ukraine)
Kopychynt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Sumy (Ukraine)
Chełm (Lublin, Poland)
Wrocław (Poland)
Berlin (Germany)
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Gliwice (Poland)
Vienna (Austria) - Cite As
- Samuel A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2874). 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 (1 hr., 8 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Aid by non-Jews.
Soviet occupation.
Hiding.
Mass killings.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Polish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Draft--Poland. Prisoners of war--Poland. Jewish councils. Forced labor. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Brothers. Poland. Hrymaĭliv (Ukraine) Kopychynt︠s︡i (Ukraine) Sumy (Ukraine) Chełm (Lublin, Poland) Wrocław (Poland) Berlin (Germany) Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Gliwice (Poland) Vienna (Austria) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. A., Samuel,--1916- Betar. Föhrenwald (Displaced persons 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/4288969
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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