Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Henry L., who was born in Radom, Poland in 1927. He recalls antisemitic violence in school; German invasion; his father's arrest; his return three days later, beaten; anti-Jewish regulations; separation with his father from his mother and brothers in a 1942 selection; deportation with his father to Majdanek; assignment to a machine shop; receiving extra food from political prisoners; transfer in November 1943 to Płaszów; his father's death; transfer to Wieliczka, Mauthausen, then Gusen; assignment to a machine shop, a privileged position; liberation in May 1945; recovering with assistance from United States troops; attending engineering school in Munich; emigration to the United States in 1950; and building a family. Mr. L. discusses details of camp life; finding only one surviving relative; not sharing his story with others due to his own difficulty believing it; and continuing nightmares.
- Published
- Brookline, Mass. : Brookline Holocaust Memorial Committee, 1990
- Interview Date
- September 6, 1990.
- Locale
- Poland
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Munich (Germany) - Cite As
- Henry L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3146). 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
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 57 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Fathers and sons. Forced labor. Nightmares. Poland. Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) L., Henry,--1927- Majdanek (Concentration camp) Płaszów (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Gusen (Concentration camp) Wieliczka (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/4290721
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4290721
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