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Morris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-603)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-603

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Morris K., who was born in Pruz︠h︡any, Poland (presently Belarus) in approximately 1921 to an orthodox, middle class family with five children. In addition to information included in a subsequently recorded testimony (HVT-232), Mr. K. recounts attending cheder and yeshiva; antisemitic harassment before the war; his father's death in the Pruz︠h︡any ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; remaining with his brothers; his brothers' transfer to another work kommando (they both died a few weeks later); working with a cousin in a leather factory; hospitalization after Allied bombings (he lost an eye); “stealing” shoes from the factory to trade for food; slave labor in Melk; his cousin's death two days before liberation; traveling to Linz, Salzburg, Bolzano, and Verona; preparing for emigration to Palestine; living in Bari displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States via Venezuela and Cuba to join relatives; attending a survivor gathering in Jerusalem; and contact with an Ebensee liberator. Mr. K. mentions suffering from nightmares; and not sharing his experiences with others, including his children, until after becoming ill. He shows photographs.
    Author/Creator
    K., Morris, 1921?-
    Published
    Greenwich, Conn. : Second Generation of Westchester, 1983
    Interview Date
    March 6, 1983.
    Locale
    Belarus
    Pruz︠h︡any
    Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus)
    Poland
    Salzburg (Austria)
    Linz (Austria)
    Bolzano (Italy : Province)
    Verona (Italy)
    Venezuela
    Cuba
    Cite As
    Morris K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-603). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Notes
    Related material: Morris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-232), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

    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., 54 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Soviet occupation.
    Hospitals in concentration camps.
    Mutual aid.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Postwar effects.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4294066
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:28:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4294066

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