Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Abraham S., who was born in Działoszyce, Poland in 1928 to an orthodox family of seven children. He recalls attending Polish school and cheder; antisemitic harassment; German invasion; two brothers escaping to the Soviet Union; smuggling to support his family; escaping to Wodzisław during the first deportation (his family was taken); returning home; escaping a deportation six weeks later; hiding with Poles in a village, then in Wodzisław; traveling to Radomsko; ghettoization; deportation to Skarżysko in September 1942; obtaining extra food and a better placement through bribes; public hangings; hospitalization for typhus; transfer to Buchenwald in February 1944; improved conditions; pointless slave labor; transfer after two months to Schlieben; slave labor in a munitions factory; transfer to Theresienstadt in April 1945; liberation by Soviet troops in May; traveling to Prague; emigration to Windermere, England in August; learning through the Red Cross that one brother had survived; and emigration in 1949 to join relatives in the United States. Mr. S. notes he never assumed he would survive while in camp; not sharing his experience, even with his children; pride in his Jewish identity; and the inadequacy of any reparation payments.
- Published
- Lawrence, N. Y. : Second Generation of Long Island, 1983
- Interview Date
- May 11, 1983.
- Locale
- Poland
Radomsko
Działoszyce (Poland)
Wodzisław (Poland)
Radomsko (Poland)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Windermere (England) - Cite As
- Abraham S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-280). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 1/2 in. VHS master; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (59 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hospitals in concentration camps.
Postwar experiences.
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--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Radomsko. Forced labor. Działoszyce (Poland) Poland. Wodzisław (Poland) Radomsko (Poland) Prague (Czech Republic) Windermere (England) Oral histories (document genres) S., Abraham,--1928- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Schlieben (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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/4293388
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4293388
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