Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Joseph A., who was born in Poland in 1921. He recalls moving to Radom in the late 1920s; pervasive antisemitism; becoming a tinsmith; discussions with Jews fleeing from Germany; German invasion; round-up of Jews for forced labor; ghettoization; forced labor in a munitions factory; liquidation of the small ghetto in 1942; mass killings; having to bury the dead in mass graves; frequent selections; a forced march to Kraków in summer 1944; train transport to Auschwitz; transfer to Vaihingen an der Enz; harsh conditions and brutal guards; witnessing cannibalism by Russian POWs; frequent Allied bombings; clearing bombing rubble in Stuttgart; liberation by French troops; receiving help from Americans; and emigrating to Canada. Mr. A. discusses frequent disturbing memories and sharing his experiences with his children. He expresses strong opinions about the Holocaust.
- Published
- Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1983
- Interview Date
- June 29, 1983.
- Locale
- Poland
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie)
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Stuttgart (Germany) - Cite As
- Joseph A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3040). 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., 57 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Mass killings.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie) Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Cannibalism. Poland. Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Stuttgart (Germany) A., Joseph,--1921- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/4290128
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:29:00
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