LEADER 05067cpd a2200685 a 4500001 4290912 005 20180604133152.0 008 961017s1995 ctu pol d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702233923 035 (CStRLIN)CTYV96-A323 035 4290912 035 HVT-3173 035 |9FLW5110YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)702155435 090 |bHVT-3173 100 1 W., Samuel, |d1913- 245 10 Samuel W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3173) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Michel Sobelman, |fMay 12, 1995. 260 Kraków, Poland : |bFortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |c1995. 300 1 videorecording (1 hr., 23 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Samuel W., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1913. He recalls attending a Polish school; cordial relations with non-Jews; picketing of Jewish stores; German invasion; being arrested with Poles and Jews in early September 1939; detention at Gestapo headquarters, then Montelupich prison; release of the non-Jewish prisoners; transfer to Troppau; encountering Gustaw Morcinek, a prominent Polish writer; transfer to Sachsenhausen some two years later; separation of Jews; a sadistic barrack commander; loss of toes due to severe cold; relations between prisoner groups; slave labor in a quarry; transfer to Gross-Rosen; frequent deaths and beatings; transfer to Auschwitz in 1942; working in Buna/Monowitz; selections; being tattooed; meeting and helping two friends from Kraków; becoming head of a kommando; a severe beating; transfer to Janina as punishment for smuggling food; return to Auschwitz; the death march in January 1945; escape; receiving help from a farmer; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Kraków; unsuccessfully seeking relatives; help from Polish friends; and marriage. Mr. W. discusses many details of camp life and his state of mind; sharing his experiences with his children; reluctance to be videotaped; participation in ceremonies at Auschwitz; and membership in the Association of the Former Political Prisoners. 546 This testimony is in Polish. 562 |e2 copies: |bBetacam SP master; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 524 Samuel W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3173). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 600 10 W., Samuel, |d1913- 600 10 Morcinek, Gustaw, |d1891-1963. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84036136 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xPrisoners and prisons, German. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148474 650 0 Quarries and quarrying. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109481 650 0 Forced labor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453 650 0 Concentration camps |xPsychological aspects. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029590 650 0 Concentration camps |xSociological aspects. 650 0 Death marches. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006384 650 0 Escapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044783 651 0 Poland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071 651 0 Kraków (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79125145 610 20 Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97029142 610 20 Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97028022 610 20 Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96112360 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Antisemitism |yPrewar. 690 4 Forced labor. 690 4 Mutual aid. 690 4 Aid by non-Jews. 690 4 Postwar effects. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 690 4 Survivor-child relations. 610 20 Montelupich (Prison) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98132054 691 4 Troppau (Czech Republic : Concentration camp) 610 20 Monowitz (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00051472 691 4 Janina (Poland : Concentration camp) 700 1 Sobelman, Michel, |einterviewer. 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies |bYale University Library |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b4670127 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.3173) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/ff3kw57n97 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/