- Summary
- Videotape testimony of John F., who was born in Pruz︠h︡any, Poland (presently Belarus) in 1925. He recalls one brother's military draft in January 1939; brief German invasion in September followed by Soviet occupation; German invasion in 1941; ghettoization; forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau when the ghetto was liquidated; separation from his family (he never saw them again); slave labor constructing barracks; a privileged position as the kapo's assistant; assistance from a non-Jewish German prisoner; smuggling food with others; building storage rooms; trading with civilian workers; assistance from a doctor from Pruz︠h︡any when he was beaten; assignment to the Canada Kommando; taking infants from newly arrived prisoners to save them from selection; sorting prisoners' belongings; evacuation to Sachsenhausen, Dachau, then Landsberg; assistance from doctors from Pruz︠h︡any when he was hospitalized; liberation from a death march by United States troops on May 1, 1945; recuperating in Wolfratshausen; and working in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. Mr. F. discusses belonging to the association of Pruz︠h︡any survivors and shows a photograph.
- Author/Creator
- F., John, 1925-
- Published
- Wilmington, Del. : Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center, 1995
- Interview Date
- May 25, 1995.
- Locale
- Belarus
Pruz︠h︡any
Poland
Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus)
Wolfratshausen (Germany)
- Cite As
- John F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3147). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Gonzer, Steven, interviewer.
Magel, Rose, interviewer.
