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Max A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3105) interviewed by Jean Gerber,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3105

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Max A., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1915. He recalls marriage; his son's birth; German invasion; joining Polish forces in the east to fight the invasion; returning home after defeat; joining the Polish underground (AK); leaving with his wife and son for Słomniki when ghettoization was imminent; increased involvement in the AK; separation from his wife and child (he never saw them again); incarceration in Płaszów; retaining diamonds, gold, and money; bribing people for an easy job; contacts with the Joint; escaping with three other prisoners; rejoining his AK group; actions against Jews in hiding, Jewish and communist partisans, as well as against Germans; continuing to live as a non-Jewish Pole after the war; saving a British man from execution (he had saved many Jews); marriage; establishing a successful business; his son's birth; anti-Jewish violence; escaping to the American zone of Germany; and emigration to Canada in 1948. Mr. A. notes discussing only parts of his story with his children and the loss of most of his large extended family.
Author/Creator: A., Max, 1915-1983.
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1983
Interview Date: May 25, 1983.
Locale: Poland
Kraków (Poland)
Słomniki (Poland)
Cite As: Max A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3105). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Gerber, Jean, 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): Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Partisans.
Wife Death.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Polish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. Children--Death. Escapes. Poland. Kraków (Poland) Słomniki (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) A., Max,--1915-1983. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Płaszów (Concentration camp) Poland.--Polskie Siły Zbrojne.--Armia Krajowa.

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/4290565
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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