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Nathan S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1232) interviewed by Selma Wasserman and Bernard Weinstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1232

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Nathan S., who was born in Nizhni Vorota, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1918. He recounts working as a barber; serving in the Czech military; Hungarian occupation; serving in Esztergom; transfer to a Hungarian slave labor battalion in Komárno; forced labor felling trees; returning home in September 1941; learning his older brothers had been drafted into slave labor battalions; traveling to Budapest; slave labor building tank barricades; escaping with a group of fellow prisoners; assistance from local farmers; hiding in a forest; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; learning his parents and younger siblings had been deported and that none of his family had survived; smuggling friends to Mukacheve; joining a militia; traveling to Germany; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mr. S. discusses his anger with the orthodox leadership and sharing his experiences with his children.
    Author/Creator
    S., Nathan, 1918-
    Published
    Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
    Interview Date
    December 15, 1987.
    Locale
    Hungary
    Czechoslovakia
    Nyz︠h︡ni Vorota (Ukraine)
    Esztergom (Hungary)
    Komárno (Západoslovenský kraj, Slovakia)
    Budapest (Hungary)
    Mukacheve (Ukraine)
    Cite As
    Nathan S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1232). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
    Wasserman, Selma, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 52 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Hungarian occupation.
    Forests.
    Hiding.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar experiences.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4294905
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:31:00
    This page:
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