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Chaim K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3058) interviewed by Ernest Forrai,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3058

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    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.
    Author/Creator
    K., Chaim, 1926-
    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.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Forrai, Ernest, interviewer.

    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.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4290282
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:47:00
    This page:
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