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Vincent Z. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1619) interviewed by Murray Berger and Betty Erickson-Elliot,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1619

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Vincent Z., who served with the United States Army in World War II. He recounts speaking fluent Polish; deployment to London; working in a press unit publishing Polish newspapers; contacts with the Polish government-in-exile and Polish resistants; transfer to Paris, then to Germany; visiting Dachau in November 1945; observing the gas chambers and crematorium; speaking with a Catholic priest and other liberated prisoners; working with UNRRA in Bad Nauheim to publish newspapers for the displaced persons camps; and assisting with displaced persons camp education programs. Mr. Z. notes frequent trips to Germany and visiting the memorial at Dachau. He shows photographs.
Author/Creator: Z., Vincent.
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1991
Interview Date: March 12, 1991.
Locale: United States
London (England)
Bad Nauheim (Germany)
Cite As: Vincent Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1619). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Berger, Murray,
Erickson-Elliot, Betty, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam restoration master; Betacam restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (59 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. Refugee camps. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. London (England) Bad Nauheim (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Z., Vincent. Dachau (Concentration camp) United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

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/4295811
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:31:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4295811

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