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Samuel F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2357) interviewed by Elliot Perry and David Herman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2357

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    Overview

    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Samuel F., who was born in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland in 1926, the oldest of four children. He recalls his father's service in the Polish military; attending public school; antisemitic harassment; being financially comfortable, but not rich; trips to Warsaw; German invasion; staying with relatives in Warsaw; returning home; transfer to the Warsaw ghetto; smuggling food from Jeziorna; ceasing after his arrest; escaping with a cousin to Czubin; singing and begging; briefly living with his family in Magnuszew; their deportation (he never saw them again); a German family hiding him for a few months; forced labor in Chmielow; transfer to Kozience, Radom, then Skarżysko; frequent beatings; almost giving up when he had typhus; high morale in the barracks; public execution of escapees, including two uncles; another uncle sharing food with him; transfer after two years to Częstochowa, then Buchenwald; improved conditions; transfer three weeks later to Schlieben; meeting Ben H.; train transport to Theresienstadt; liberation by Soviet troops in May 1945; finding food in Litoměřice; volunteering for transfer to England at age fourteen; briefly staying in Prague; living an a group home in Windermere; and learning the fur trade in London.
    Author/Creator
    F., Samuel, 1926-
    Published
    London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1990
    Interview Date
    November 29, 1990.
    Locale
    Poland
    Warsaw
    Kozienice
    Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie)
    Konstancin-Jeziorna (Poland)
    Warsaw (Poland)
    Czubin (Poland)
    Magnuszew (Poland)
    Litoměřice (Czech Republic)
    Prague (Czech Republic)
    Windermere (England)
    Cite As
    Samuel F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2357). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Perry, Elliot, interviewer.
    Notes
    related material: Ben H. Holocaust testimony [friend] (HVT-2121), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 54 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Hiding.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Mutual aid.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Postwar experiences.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Warsaw. Forced labor. Jews--Poland--Kozienice. Jews--Poland--Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie) Hidden children (Holocaust) Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Konstancin-Jeziorna (Poland) Poland. Warsaw (Poland) Czubin (Poland) Magnuszew (Poland) Litoměřice (Czech Republic) Prague (Czech Republic) Windermere (England) Oral histories (document genres) F., Samuel,--1926- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Schlieben (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Częstochowa (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296716
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:25:00
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