- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Aaron R., who was born in 1915 in Wieluń, Poland (then Russia). He recounts his father's death when he was three; living with wealthy grandparents; his family's orthodoxy; attending yeshiva; moving to Pabianice; working as a bookkeeper; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; deportation to the Łódź ghetto, then Dombrowa; slave labor sorting the clothing of murdered Jews; feeling he had lost his mind; burying valuables to keep the Germans from having them; transfer back to the Łódź ghetto; working as a fireman; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau in August 1944; losing his will to live; slave labor in a Krupp factory in Buna/Monowitz; a death march to Buchenwald in January 1945; train transfer to Dachau; witnessing cannibalism; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization for several months; intense emotional pain recalling his life; transfer to Linz; living with other survivors; traveling to Łódź; learning his brother had survived; reunion with him in Czechoslovakia; traveling to Landsberg displaced persons camp; hospitalization in Bad Kissingen; returning to Landsberg; marriage; his daughter's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1952. Mr. R. notes sharing his experiences with his children and frequently gathering with other survivors and discussing their experiences.
- Author/Creator
- R., Aaron, 1915-
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
- Interview Date
- September 12, 1989.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Russia
Wieluń (Łódź, Poland)
Pabianice (Poland)
Łódź (Poland)
Linz (Austria)
Bad Kissingen (Germany)
- Cite As
- Aaron R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1530). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Weinstein, Bernard, 1937- interviewer.
