Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Isaac E., who was born in Zwoleń, Poland in approximately 1923, one of three brothers. He recounts his family's orthodoxy; attending cheder; fleeing to the woods during German bombing; returning to find their home and business destroyed; staying with relatives; his older brother's deportation; living with relatives in Ożarów; his parents and younger brother moving to Lublin; returning with his family to Zwoleń in 1941; brief transfer to Szydłowiec; being caught in a round-up; escaping; hiding with a Polish friend of his father's; working on a farm with other Jews; deportation to Skarżysko-Kamienna in 1942; slave labor in a munitions factory; transfer to Częstochowa; a brutal beating; transfer to Gross-Rosen, Nordhausen, then Dora; having surgery by a prisoner-doctor; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; transfer to Celle; living in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; marriage; his daughter's birth; and emigration to the United States in December 1949. Mr. E. notes none of his immediate family survived; sharing his experiences with his family; and receiving reparations.
- Published
- Greenwich, Conn. : Second Generation of Westchester, 1983
- Interview Date
- March 30, 1983.
- Locale
- Poland
Zwoleń (Radom, Poland)
Ożarów (Poland)
Szydłowiec (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Celle (Germany) - Cite As
- Isaac E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-604). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. master; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 58 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
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. Forced labor. Escapes. Refugee camps. Poland. Zwoleń (Radom, Poland) Ożarów (Poland) Szydłowiec (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Celle (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) E., Isaac,--1923?- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Częstochowa (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Nordhausen (Concentration camp) Dora (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
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/4294067
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294067
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