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Julian L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-821) interviewed by Irving Gadol and Sue Kollinger,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-821

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Julian L., who enlisted in the United States Army on December 7, 1942. He recounts landing in Marseille; serving as an ammunition bearer; entering Germany; fear of being captured and mistreated as a Jewish soldier; encountering masses of Polish forced laborers; in April 1945 encountering weak, emaciated prisoners in stripped uniforms who spoke Yiddish; giving them their rations; guarding Polish displaced persons; and returning to the United States in March 1946. Mr. L. notes a book his military unit published; that parts of his unit (not his company) entered concentration camps; and his belief the Jewish survivors he saw were from Dachau, which he visited with his wife years later. He shows documents and his division's book.
Author/Creator: L., Julian.
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1986
Interview Date: September 6, 1986.
Locale: United States
Marseille (France)
Cite As: Julian L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-821). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Gadol, Irving, interviewer.
Kollinger, Sue, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. master; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (56 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Marseille (France) Oral histories (document genres) L., Julian.

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/4294401
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:51:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294401

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