- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Arthur R., who was born in Rzeszów, Poland in 1927. He recalls moving often due to his father's business; attending Polish and Hebrew schools; his family's affluence; living in Zaklików; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; forced relocation with his mother and brother to Skorków (his father escaped); deportation with his younger brother to Budzyń; cold, starvation, frequent killings, and slave labor; his brother saving him from selection when he was ill; transfer a year later to Mielec; slave labor in an airplane factory; transfer to Flossenbürg in late 1944; evacuation by train in 1945; Allied bombing of the locomotives; a death march; escaping at night; liberation by United States troops; traveling to Frankfurt; working for the U.S. military in Heddernheim; living in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States in 1947 (his brother went to Palestine); overcoming his maladjustment and distrust of everyone; serving in the Korean War; and marriage in 1954. Mr. R. discusses wishing he had been a cat or a dog rather than a Jew after arriving in Budzyń; a recent trip with his wife and brother to his hometown; learning his father was shot attempting to find him and his brother; and difficulty describing the suffering they endured.
- Author/Creator
- R., Arthur, 1927-
- Published
- Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1991
- Interview Date
- 1991.
- Locale
- Rzeszów (Poland)
Poland
Zaklików (Poland)
Skorków (Poland)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Heddernheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- Cite As
- Arthur R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2342). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Riger, Josie, interviewer.
Krakow, David, interviewer.
- Notes
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Related material: Larry R. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-286), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
