- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Abraham D., who was born in Żuromin, Poland in approximately 1919. He recalls German invasion; being sent away for forced labor; returning to find no Jews; traveling to Warsaw; finding his parents and siblings; escaping with his brother to Płońsk; being joined by his mother, another brother, and sister; their deportation; staying in Strzegowo-Osada, then Mława; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau in December 1942; their assignment sorting clothing of murdered Jews; living with the Sonderkommando, including Leyb Langfus and Zalman Gradowski, whose diaries were found and published after the war; the Sonderkommando uprising on October 7, 1944; being shot; hospitalization; assistance from a Jewish doctor; the death march in January; being transported by a cousin and friends; his brother's escape; train transport to Mauthausen, then to Ebensee; liberation by United States troops; living in Italy, Frankfurt, and Salzburg; reunion with his brother; and their emigration to Israel. Mr. D. notes they did not believe any would survive the camps; the importance of always remaining with his brother; cruel guards such as Otto Moll; and shame after the war because he was in the Sonderkommando, until Yad Vashem encouraged him to discuss his experiences.
- Author/Creator
- D., Abraham, 1919?-
- Published
- Ramat Aviv, Israel : Beth Hatefutsoth, Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, 1988
- Interview Date
- June 30, 1988.
- Locale
- Salzburg (Austria)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Mława (Poland)
Strzegowo-Osada (Poland)
Płońsk (Poland)
Żuromin (Poland)
Poland
- Cite As
- Abraham D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1835). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Graif, Gidʻon, interviewer.
Rozner, Raphael.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Hebrew.
Related publication: Megiles̀ Oyshṿits. English The scrolls of Auschwitz / Ber Mark ; [translated from the Hebrew by Sharon Neemani ; adapted from the Yiddish original text ; edited by Isaiah Avrech]. -- Tel Aviv : Oved Pub. House, c1985.
