Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Gregory K., who was born in Pleshchenit︠s︡y, Belarus in 1912. He describes becoming a blacksmith; antisemitic violence; moving to Minsk; enlistment in the Soviet Army; discharge three years later; working in Leningrad; returning to Minsk; marriage in 1938; his daughter's birth in 1939; German invasion in June 1941; being beaten by a German officer; forced labor; becoming temporarily deaf from a beating; an order for all men to gather; separation of the Jews; their imprisonment and release; ghettoization; deportation to Lublin, then Budzyń; beatings by guards and kapos; transfer to camps including Wieliczka, Mielec, Litoměřice, Mühldorf; and Dachau; train evacuation to Flossenbürg; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization; returning home in June; and working in Stalingrad. Mr. K. discusses atrocities and beatings in camps; local Czechs giving them food in Litoměřice; permanent injuries resulting from many beatings; attributing his survival to faith in God; and his children's lack of interest in his experiences.
- Published
- Mahili︠o︡ŭ, Belarus : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1995
- Interview Date
- August 11, 1995.
- Locale
- Belarus
Minsk
Pleshchenit︠s︡y (Belarus)
Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Minsk (Belarus)
Volgograd (Russia) - Cite As
- Gregory K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3620). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Russian.
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Copies
- 2 copies: Betacam SP master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (3 hr.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
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--Prisoners and prisons, German. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Belarus--Minsk. Forced labor. Faith. Belarus. Pleshchenit︠s︡y (Belarus) Saint Petersburg (Russia) Minsk (Belarus) Oral histories (document genres) Volgograd (Russia) K., Gregory,--1912- Budzyn (Concentration camp) Mühldorf (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) Wieliczka (Concentration camp) Litoměřice (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/4291941
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4291941
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