Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Robert W., who was born in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland in 1931, the youngest of six childen. He recalls antisemitic harassment; German invasion; a public hanging; ghettoization; his father arranging for him to hide with non-Jews; returning to rejoin his family; his mother's deportation; being smuggled into the labor camp by his brothers; slave labor; sharing extra food received from a civilian worker with his brothers, father, or sister; his father hiding him when he was sick; his father arranging his escape to the partisans; returning due to antisemitic hostility from the partisans; transfer to dig anti-tank ditches near Przedbórz, then to Częstochowa (he never saw his family again); slave labor in a munitions factory; transfer with a friend to Buchenwald; categorization as political prisoners resulting in preferential treatment; liberation by United States troops; assistance from the Red Cross; living in an OSE home in Paris; learning his family had perished; acting out his rage with other children; counseling; and emigration to Canada. Mr. W. discusses numbing himself in the camps; losing his belief in God; not discussing his experiences for many years; sharing them with his children when they were older; and recently speaking in schools. He shows photographs.
- Published
- Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1984
- Interview Date
- April 4 and October 3, 1984.
- Locale
- Poland
Skarżysko-Kamienna
Skarżysko-Kamienna (Poland)
Przedbórz (Łódź, Poland)
Paris (France) - Cite As
- Robert W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3061). 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
- 2 videorecordings (3 hr., 1 min. and 1 hr., 10 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Mutual aid.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Skarżysko-Kamienna. Brothers. Forced labor. Fathers and sons. Brothers and sisters. Faith. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Poland. Skarżysko-Kamienna (Poland) Przedbórz (Łódź, Poland) Paris (France) Oral histories (document genres) W., Robert,--1931- Częstochowa (Concentration camp) World Union OSE. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (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/4290286
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4290286
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