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Henry L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3146) interviewed by Lawrence L. Langer,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3146

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    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.
    Author/Creator
    L., Henry, 1927-
    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.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Langer, Lawrence L., 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., 57 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.
    Mutual aid.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Child survivors.
    Antisemitism Prewar.

    Administrative Notes

    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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