Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Fiszel G., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1918. He recalls starting work at age ten; German invasion; fleeing with his brother to Białystok; returning home; ghettoization; forced labor; deportations, including his parents and three sisters; constructing a bunker; obtaining weapons; the ghetto uprising; capture and deportation to Majdanek with his brother; separation from his brother (he never saw him again); public hangings; transfer to Auschwitz/Birkenau, then to Jaworzno; slave labor in a mine; obtaining extra food and sharing it with other prisoners; the death march in January 1945; being shot while escaping with others; walking to Soviet-occupied Częstochowa; hospitalization; returning to Warsaw; living in Praga; fleeing to Germany due to antisemitic violence; meeting his future wife in Munich; living in Regensburg displaced persons camp; marriage; illegal entry to Palestine; internment by the British; and traveling through Paris and São Paulo to Argentina in June 1947. Mr. G. discusses establishing his business and sharing his experiences with others. He shows photographs.
- Published
- Buenos Aires, Argentina : Fundacion "Memoria del Holocausto", 1994
- Interview Date
- July 1, 1994.
- Locale
- Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw (Poland)
Białystok (Poland)
Częstochowa (Poland)
Praga (Warsaw, Poland)
Munich (Germany)
Palestine
Paris (France)
São Paulo (Brazil) - Cite As
- Fiszel G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3153). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Spanish.
Physical Details
- Language
- Spanish
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 47 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Bunkers.
Hiding.
Mutual aid.
Antisemitism Postwar.
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--Jewish resistance. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Warsaw. Forced labor. Brothers. Death marches. Escapes. Refugee camps. Warsaw (Poland) Poland. Białystok (Poland) Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. Częstochowa (Poland) Praga (Warsaw, Poland) Munich (Germany) Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Paris (France) São Paulo (Brazil) Oral histories (document genres) G., Fiszel,--1918- Majdanek (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Jaworzno (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/4290818
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4290818
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