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Bernard G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3084) interviewed by Robert Krell,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3084

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Bernard G., who was born in Zsheṭl, Poland (presently Dzi︠a︡tlava, Belarus) in 1915. He recalls attending yeshiva; being drafted into the Polish military at age eighteen; discharge two years later; a brother's emigration to Canada; military recall in March 1939; serving in Płock and Płońsk; German invasion; retreating to Warsaw, then Modlin; imprisonment in a stalag; separation of the Jewish POWs; forced labor in Biała Podlaska in 1940; transfer to Kónskowola, then in August 1941 to Budzyń; deciding not to join a camp resistance group; slave labor in Wieliczka in 1943; disinterring and burning corpses in Płaszów; nightmares; deportation to Gross-Rosen; transfer to Schindler's factory in Brněnec; sabotaging production with Schindler's complicity; and hanging a Nazi prior to Soviet liberation in May 1945. Mr. G. recounts learning his family had been killed; traveling to Lublin, then Prague; attempting to emigrate to Palestine from Germany with assistance from Haganah; living in Zeilsheim; communication from his brother in Canada; and emigration to Canada in May 1947. Mr. G. notes his marriages to Christians, one prior to the war (his wife and children survived) and one in Canada, with whom he had two children. He shows photographs and Zsheṭl's yizkor book.
    Author/Creator
    G., Bernard, 1915-
    Published
    Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1989
    Interview Date
    December 7, 1989.
    Locale
    Poland
    Germany
    Dzi︠a︡tlava (Belarus)
    Płock (Poland)
    Płońsk (Poland)
    Warsaw (Poland)
    Modlin (Poland)
    Biała Podlaska (Poland)
    Lublin (Poland)
    Prague (Czech Republic)
    Cite As
    Bernard G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3084). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Krell, Robert, 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., 37 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Concentration camps Underground movements.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Draft--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Polish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Prisoners of war--Germany. Forced labor. Revenge. Sabotage. Identification (Religion) Poland. Dzi︠a︡tlava (Belarus) Płock (Poland) Płońsk (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Modlin (Poland) Biała Podlaska (Poland) Lublin (Poland) Prague (Czech Republic) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. G., Bernard,--1915- Schindler, Oskar,--1908-1974. Wieliczka (Concentration camp) Budzyn (Concentration camp) Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp) Haganah (Organization) Płaszów (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Brünnlitz (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4290494
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:58:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4290494

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