Overview
- 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.
- 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.
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., 5 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Soviet occupation.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hospitals in concentration camps.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Belarus--Pruz︠h︡any. Forced labor. Death marches. Refugee camps. Poland. Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus) Wolfratshausen (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) F., John,--1925- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) Landsberg (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
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/4290724
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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