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Salo F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2966) interviewed by Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2966

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Salo F., who was born in Poland in 1919. He recalls attending a yeshiva; German invasion; ghettoization; public hangings to discourage escapes; arrest following a failed escape (he never saw his parents or siblings again); incarceration in Auschwitz and Flossenbürg; a beating which resulted in permanent back injuries; transfer to Dachau; liberation two days later; living in Munich; assistance from the Joint and UNRRA; marriage to an Auschwitz survivor; living in Bayreuth; his son's birth in 1947; his strong desire to leave Germany; and emigrating to Bolivia in 1953. Mr. F. notes it is too painful for him to discuss the camps; frequent nightmares; and the exposure of Klaus Barbie, whom he saw a number of times
Author/Creator: F., Salo, 1919-
Published: La Paz, Bolivia : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1995
Interview Date: March 24, 1995.
Locale: Poland
Munich (Germany)
Bayreuth (Germany)
Cite As: Salo F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2966). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Hirsch, Marianne, interviewer.
Spitzer, Leo, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Yiddish.

Physical Details

Language: Yiddish
Copies: 4 copies: High 8 master; Betacam SP dub; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (40 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Escapes. Forced labor. Nightmares. Poland. Munich (Germany) Bayreuth (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) F., Salo,--1919- Barbie, Klaus,--1913-1991. Dachau (Concentration camp) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration 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/4289918
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:42:00
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