Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Chaim K., who was born in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary in 1926, the youngest of eight children. He recalls extreme poverty in an orthodox home; attending yeshiva; pervasive antisemitism; two brothers serving in Hungarian forced labor battalions; German occupation in March 1944; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz in April; separation from his parents upon arrival (he never saw them again); transfer to Mauthausen four days later; slave labor constructing underground factories in Gusen; assistance from a German guard; being carried by a friend on the death march to Mauthausen; liberation by United States troops in May 1945; recuperating in Gusen; returning home via Vienna and Budapest, with assistance from the Joint; reunion with his sister in Sátoraljaújhely; studying in Budapest; emigrating to Israel in 1948; and joining his brother in Montreal in 1953. Mr. K. discusses conducting services and praying in concentration camps; the importance of faith to his survival; choosing not to take revenge after the war; and sharing his experiences with his children.
- Published
- Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1984
- Interview Date
- February 29, 1984.
- Locale
- Hungary
Sátoraljaújhely
Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary)
Vienna (Austria)
Budapest (Hungary)
Israel - Cite As
- Chaim K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3058). 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., 48 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
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--Hungary--Sátoraljaújhely. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Forced labor. Faith. Death marches. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Revenge. Hungary. Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary) Vienna (Austria) Budapest (Hungary) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) K., Chaim,--1926- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Gusen (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/4290282
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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