Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ben A., who was born in Vilna, Poland in 1921, one of six children. He recalls antisemitic harassment; Soviet occupation; working in Hlybokaye; returning to Vilna; an influx of Polish-Jewish refugees; fleeing to Minsk when Germany invaded; returning to Vilna; forced labor; his father's arrest (they later learned he was shot); ghettoization; hiding with his mother and siblings during round-ups; conflicts between the ghetto underground and the Judenrat; learning his mother and some siblings were killed in Ponary while he was working; partisans bringing people to the woods; forcing his way into H.K.P. (Heereskraftfahrpark) in 1943; assistance from a German guard; in 1944 learning the camp was to be liquidated; hiding, with friends for three weeks; escaping to stay with a Polish farmer; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. A. recounts his draft into the Soviet military; deserting in Vilna; traveling to Łódź; reunion with his sister; fleeing to Austria; his arrest; escaping to Linz; living in Salzburg displaced persons camp; joining Betar; marriage; and emigration to Israel in 1948, then to Canada.
- Published
- Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1983
- Interview Date
- July 11, 1983.
- Locale
- Lithuania
Vilnius
Soviet Union
Poland
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Hlybokae (Belarus)
Israel
Minsk (Belarus)
Łódź (Poland)
Linz (Austria) - Cite As
- Ben A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3042). 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., 55 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Partisans.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius. Jewish councils. Paneriai Massacres, Paneriai, Lithuania, 1941-1944. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Draft--Soviet Union. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Soviet. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Poland. Vilnius (Lithuania) Oral histories (document genres) Hlybokae (Belarus) Israel. Minsk (Belarus) Łódź (Poland) Linz (Austria) Refugee camps. A., Ben,--1921- Betar. H.K.P. (Concentration camp : Vilnius, Lithuania)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4290132
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:40:00
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