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Morris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2917) interviewed by Naomi Rappaport,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2917

Videotape testimony of Morris K., who was born in Bazar, Poland in 1932. He recalls living on a farm that his father supervised; celebrating Jewish holidays in Popovtse; moving to Golovchynʹtse; friendships with Poles and Ukrainians; moving to Tluste (presently Tovste); Soviet occupation; studying Russian; German invasion; Ukrainian pogroms; his family's rescue by Ukrainian friends; living with a family whose son was on the Judenrat; ghettoization; hiding with his family during a round-up; his aunt surviving a mass killing; escaping another round-up; traveling to Golovchyʹntse; living on a farm; being joined by cousins; hiding with a Ukrainian family; moving to Lisovitse; working as a cowherd; escape from Ukrainian militiamen; his father's death from typhoid; being terrorized by Ukrainians and White Russians; hiding with his family; moving to a German forced labor camp near Tluste; his grandmother's death; liberation by Soviet troops; living in Tluste with his mother and brother; traveling to Chortkiv with Soviet troops; living in Skalat and Bytom; traveling to Munich; living in Landsberg and Leipheim displaced persons camps; and emigration to the United States. Mr. K. discusses receiving help from many non-Jews because his father had cared for their cattle, and his belief that he survived due to his faith.

Author/Creator
K., Morris, 1932-
Published
New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994
Interview Date
May 23, 1994.
Locale
Bazar (Ukraine)
Poland
Popovtse (Ukraine)
Golovchynʹtse (Ukraine)
Tovste (Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
Lysovichi (Ukraine)
Skalat (Ukraine)
Bytom (Poland)
Chortkiv (Ukraine)
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Morris K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2917). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.