Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Morris R., who was born in Krosno, Poland in 1930. He recounts living in a village near Krosno; attending public school; antisemitic harassment; German invasion; his brother fleeing to Russia; deportation to the Krosno ghetto; his father's death from a beating; transfer to Rzeszów labor camp; escaping with his mother back to the Krosno ghetto; deportation to Płaszów (he never saw his mother again); slave labor in a shoe factory; transfer to Mauthausen, then Melk one month later; slave labor digging tunnels; a death march to Ebensee in 1945; Allied bombings; liberation by United States troops; traveling to Italy with assistance from the Jewish Brigade; moving to Linz displaced persons camp to join his three sisters and a brother; traveling to France in 1947; and emigration to the United States with a cousin's assistance. Mr. R. discusses maintaining hope most of the time in concentration camps; continuing nightmares resulting from his experiences; and sharing his story with his children and grandchildren.
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
- Interview Date
- March 8, 1989.
- Locale
- Poland
Krosno (Krosno)
Krosno (Województwo Podkarpackie, Poland)
Italy
France - Cite As
- Morris R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1523). 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 with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 6 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
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. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Krosno (Krosno) Forced labor. Mothers and sons. Death marches. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Refugee camps. Nightmares. Poland. Krosno (Województwo Podkarpackie, Poland) Italy. France. Oral histories (document genres) R., Morris,--1930- 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/4295369
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4295369
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