Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ludwig C., who was born in L'viv, Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1925, one of three children. He recounts Soviet occupation in 1939; German invasion; his father's arrest and incarceration for four weeks; mass killings near their home; forced labor; his brother's escape; a large round-up in August 1942; ghettoization; brief hospitalization for typhus; witnessing Germans hanging Jewish policemen; slave labor in a factory; his brother's return; his sister's murder in a mass killing in March 1943; his parents' escape with assistance from Polish friends; transfer to Janowska; escaping with his brother and another man; finding his parents; hiding together in a Polish farmer's attic; building a bunker; staying with the farmer's mother, then in another house; assistance from his brother's friend; liberation by Soviet troops; seeking other Jews; finding his neighbors' daughter, whom he married; traveling to Munich; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mr. C. discusses hardships and dangers of exposure while hiding; testifying against Fritz Gebauer, Kommandant of Janowska, at a trial in Germany; continuing relations with and helping the Polish family that saved them; and sharing his experiences with his children.
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
- Interview Date
- June 19, 1989.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Lʹviv
Germany
Poland
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Munich (Germany) - Cite As
- Ludwig C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1531). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 58 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Hospitals in Jewish ghettos.
Mass killings.
Mutual aid.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Bunkers.
Postwar experiences.
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--Ukraine--Lʹviv. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Escapes. Brothers. Fathers and sons. Mothers and sons. War crime trials--Germany. Poland. Lʹviv (Ukraine) Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) C., Ludwig,--1925- Gebauer, Fritz Gotthard. Janowska (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/4295387
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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