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Leon J. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1718) interviewed by Bonnie Dwork and Kathy Strochlic,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1718

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Leon J., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1917. He recalls serving in the Polish army; German invasion; capture; forced labor as a POW; return to Poland in April 1940; ghettoization; obtaining a privileged position; deportation with his mother to Auschwitz in August 1944 (his two brothers remained behind); transfer to Braunschweig days later; slave labor in a car factory; train transport to Ravensbrück in February 1945, then to Ludwigslust in April; liberation by United States troops on May 2; living in a displaced persons camp; learning his brothers had survived; marriage; traveling to Bari, Italy; emigration to Israel in 1948; working in the food service industry; serving in the Sinai Campaign; and emigration with his wife and children to the United States in 1958 to join his brothers. Mr. J. discusses building a model of the Łódź ghetto; his son's interest in the Holocaust; and his daughter's lack of interest.
Author/Creator: J., Leon, 1917-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
Interview Date: November 5, 1990.
Locale: Germany
Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Bari (Italy)
Israel
Cite As: Leon J. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1718). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Dwork, Bonnie, interviewer.
Strochlic, Kathy, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 38 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): 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--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Polish. Prisoners of war--Germany. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Sinai Campaign, 1956. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Bari (Italy) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) J., Leon,--1917- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Braunschweig (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Ludwigslust (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/4295996
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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