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Daniel W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3070) interviewed by Ernest Forrai,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3070

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Daniel W., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1927. He recalls his family's strong Hungarian identity; deportation with his mother and brother to Birkenau in 1944; separation upon arrival (he never saw them again); taking the number of a dead man thus enabling his transfer from Birkenau to Auschwitz; slave labor; the death march to Gross-Rosen; clearing bombing rubble in Hannover; transfer to Dachau; train transport; being shot in the leg while escaping from the train with a friend; encountering United States troops; returning to Budapest; learning his immediate family all had perished; marriage in 1954; escape in 1956 during the revolution; and emigration to Canada. Mr. W. discusses return trips to Hungary, including one during which he visited Auschwitz. He shows photographs.
Author/Creator: W., Daniel, 1927-
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1984
Interview Date: September 5, 1984.
Locale: Hungary
Budapest (Hungary)
Hannover (Germany)
Cite As: Daniel W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3070). 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 (2 hr.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Death marches. Forced labor. Escapes. Hungary. Budapest (Hungary) Hannover (Germany) Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956--Personal narratives. Oral histories (document genres) W., Daniel,--1927- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Dachau (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/4290304
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4290304

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