LEADER 04339cpd a2200601 a 4500001 4289905 005 20180530114450.0 008 980731s1995 ctu spa d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702233670 035 HVT-2960 035 |9FLW4092YL 035 4289905 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)702155207 090 |bHVT-2960 100 1 A., Simon, |d1936- 245 10 Simon A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2960) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Leo Spitzer and Marianne Hirsch, |fMarch 25, 1995. 260 La Paz, Bolivia : |bFortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |c1995. 300 1 videorecording (1 hr., 24 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Simon A., who was born in Polichna, Poland in 1936, one of nine children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; an older brother's emigration to Bolivia; German invasion; his father's conscription for forced labor; expulsion from their home; his father's return; escaping a round-up by hiding with non-Jewish neighbors; living in forests and with non-Jewish farmers in stables and barns; assistance from an impoverished Communist family; two older brothers seeking food nightly and not returning (they never saw them again); assistance from a former Jewish neighbor who had escaped; digging bunkers; liberation by Soviet troops in July 1944; reclaiming their house; Polish nationalists blowing it up; moving to Kraśnik; antisemitic violence; and joining his brother in Bolivia in 1947 via Paris and Rio de Janeiro. Mr. A. notes their starvation, infestation with lice, skin diseases, and lack of sanitation while they were hiding for thirty months; believing they were saved due to miracles and God; and assistance from many non-Jews due to his mother's generosity and kindness. 546 This testimony is in Spanish. 524 Simon A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2960). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 544 1 |dRelated material: Luisa A. Holocaust testimony [sister](HVT-767),Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 562 |e4 copies: |bHi8 master; |b3/4 in. dub; |bBetacam SP dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 600 10 A., Simon, |d1936- 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xChildren. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359 650 0 Jewish children in the Holocaust. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96005877 650 0 Families. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047009 650 0 Faith. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046928 651 0 Poland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071 651 0 Polichna (Poland) 651 0 Kraśnik (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95003993 651 0 Paris (France) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058874 651 0 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79060405 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Child survivors. 690 4 Hiding. 690 4 Forests. 690 4 Aid by non-Jews. 690 4 Bunkers. 690 4 Antisemitism |yPostwar. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 700 1 Spitzer, Leo, |d1939- |einterviewer. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88196268 700 1 Hirsch, Marianne, |einterviewer. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82046653 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b4669068 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.2960) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/610vq2s84r 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/