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Max S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1782) interviewed by Pam Goodman and Gabriele Schiff,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1782

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Max S., who was born in Iŭe, Poland (presently Belarus) in 1924. He recalls working as a carpenter for the Soviets in 1939; visiting an aunt in Baranvichy in 1941; German invasion; hiding in an attic during a mass killing in Iŭe; transfer to the Lida ghetto in December; forced labor as a carpenter; a Jew reporting him for leaving the ghetto; interception by a German; escaping back to the ghetto; fleeing to the woods with four others; joining a partisan unit of Jews and Russians; blowing up German trains; learning his family was killed; living in Łódź, Berlin, and a refugee camp in Munich after the war; emigration to the United States in June 1947; and marriage in 1948. Mr. S. notes feelings of revenge when blowing up German trains, and sharing his experiences with his son.
    Author/Creator
    S., Max, 1924-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
    Interview Date
    April 16, 1991.
    Locale
    Belarus
    Lida
    Łódź (Poland)
    Berlin (Germany)
    Iŭe (Belarus)
    Poland
    Baranavichy (Belarus)
    Lida (Belarus)
    Munich (Germany)
    Cite As
    Max S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1782). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (34 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Partisans.
    Soviet occupation.
    Hiding.
    Mass killings.
    Forests.
    Resistance.
    Postwar experiences.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296136
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:42:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4296136

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