Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Morris B., who was born in Tarnów, Poland in 1918. He recalls his family's poverty; primitive living conditions; pervasive antisemitism; a tailor's apprenticeship; German invasion; fleeing briefly to Przemyśl; returning home; forced labor; ghettoization; transfer to Pustków; return to the ghetto; transfer with a cousin to Płaszów; working as a tailor; public shootings of escapees; transfer to Zakopane, then Mauthausen; slave labor in the quarry; transfer to Melk, then Ebensee; observing cannibalism; liberation by United States troops; traveling to Salzburg, then Rome and Bari, intending to emigrate to Palestine; reunion with his brother; black market dealings; marriage to a Catholic; and emigration to the United States. Mr. B. discusses details of camp life; assuming he would die in camp, but living due to his curiosity; nightmares; his wife leaving him; suicide attempts; and shielding his children from his story.
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1988
- Interview Date
- February 3, 1988.
- Locale
- Poland
Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie)
Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland)
Przemyśl (Poland)
Salzburg (Austria)
Rome (Italy)
Bari (Italy) - Cite As
- Morris B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1227). 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)
- Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Prewar. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie) Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Cannibalism. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Nightmares. Interfaith marriage. Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland) Poland. Przemyśl (Poland) Salzburg (Austria) Rome (Italy) Bari (Italy) Oral histories (document genres) B., Morris,--1918- Pustków (Concentration camp) Płaszów (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Melk (Concentration camp) Ebensee (Concentration camp)
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/4294891
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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