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Leon B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-342) interviewed by Lyn Silberman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-342

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    Overview

    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Leon B., who was born in approximately 1917. He recounts the German invasion in 1939; fleeing with his brother to Lʹviv in the Soviet zone; working in coal mines in the Donets region; escaping to Kiev; involuntary transport to Siberia in 1940 for forced labor; escaping to Ternopilʹ, then Lʹviv; German invasion in 1941; forced labor; acquiring false papers from a Pole; traveling with his brother and cousin to Wolbrom in late 1941; briefly hiding in a bunker; incarceration with his brother in Stalowa Wola in 1942 for almost two years; capture during an escape attempt; transfer to Płaszów, Mauthausen, Steyr, and back to Mauthausen; learning his brother had died; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization in Linz; living and working in the Salzburg displaced persons camp; accompanying a children's group to Italy; living in Rome; assistance from the Joint; visiting his former fiancě in Munich (she had married someone else); living in Munich displaced persons camp; marriage in February 1946; his daughter's birth in December; and emigrating to the United States in 1949.
    Author/Creator
    B., Leon, 1917?-
    Published
    Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
    Interview Date
    August 17, 1984.
    Locale
    Soviet Union
    Lʹviv (Ukraine)
    Donets Basin (Ukraine and Russia)
    Kiev (Ukraine)
    Siberia (Russia)
    Ternopilʹ (Ukraine)
    Wolbrom (Poland)
    Linz (Austria)
    Rome (Italy)
    Munich (Germany)
    Cite As
    Leon B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-342). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Silberman, Lyn, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 30 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Soviet occupation.
    False papers.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Bunkers.
    Hiding.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4293585
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:25:00
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