Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Henry S., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1923. He recalls attending private school; summer vacations in the mountains; German invasion; the family's flight to Mielec; returning to Kraków; anti-Jewish measures; their move to Kalwaria; volunteering for a labor camp in his brother's place; escaping in 1940; riding to Kalwaria with a Polish driver; fleeing to the Kraków ghetto in order not to endanger his family; transfer to Płaszów; witnessing brutal killings by Amon Goeth; public executions; a futile attempt to be placed on Oskar Schindler's list; transport to Auschwitz in 1942; slave labor; leaving food for a girl he knew in the medical experimentation barrack; a death march in 1944 to Gross-Rosen; transfer to Dachau; and liberation from cattle cars by United States troops in April 1945. Mr. S. recounts recovering in Seeshaupt, then in Feldafing; working as a translator for Generals George Patton and Dwight Eisenhower (he shows photographs); living in Munich; and emigration to the United States in 1947. He discusses the importance of friendship to his survival; ongoing nightmares; trips to Poland; and sharing his experiences with his children.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1996
- Interview Date
- July 15, 1996.
- Locale
- Poland
Kraków
Kraków (Poland)
Mielec (Poland)
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Poland)
Seeshaupt (Germany)
Munich (Germany) - Cite As
- Henry S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3380). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: Betacam SP master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 2 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Kraków. Nightmares. Escapes. Friendship. Human experimentation in medicine. Death marches. Forced labor. Poland. Kraków (Poland) Mielec (Poland) Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Poland) Seeshaupt (Germany) Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. S., Henry,--1923- Patton, George S.--(George Smith),--1885-1945. Göth, Amon,--1908-1946. Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Płaszów (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Dachau (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/4291370
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4291370
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