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Leslie S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3056) interviewed by Sandy Hayden,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3056

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Leslie S., who was born in Mátészalka, Hungary in 1927. He recounts his orthodox family life; childhood antisemitic harassment; inability to continue his education due to the Jewish quota; German invasion in March 1944; implementation of anti-Jewish policies; ghettoization; his father's deportation (he never saw him again); transport to Birkenau; selection for work; transfer to Auschwitz; forced labor; evacuation to Mauthausen in January 1945; loss of toes due to frost bite; hiding in the camp hospital with assistance from a fellow prisoner; liberation by United States troops; a month's recovery at an army hospital; traveling to Germany seeking surviving family; returning home in July; reunion with his sister, an uncle, and aunt; learning his parents had perished; moving to Vienna, then Germany; living in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; working for the Joint; and emigration to Canada. Mr. S. discusses his lost childhood; the impact of persistent memories; and visiting his sister in Hungary.
Author/Creator: S., Leslie, 1927-
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1984
Interview Date: February 15, 1984.
Locale: Hungary
Mátészalka
Mátészalka (Hungary)
Vienna (Austria)
Cite As: Leslie S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3056). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Hayden, Sandy, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (55 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
Hospitals in concentration camps.
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--Children. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Hungary--Mátészalka. Forced labor. Hungary. Mátészalka (Hungary) Vienna (Austria) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. S., Leslie,--1927- Birkenau (Concentration camp) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (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/4290278
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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