Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Chaim F., who was born in Tuszyn, Poland in 1930. He recalls his family living there for ten generations; their orthodoxy; antisemitism; a large extended family; German invasion; forced relocation to Piotrków three months later; ghettoization; his bar mitzvah; slave labor in a glass factory; separation from his mother and sister (he never saw them again); remaining with his father and brother; their transfer to Piotrków, Buchenwald, then Dora in early 1944; a privileged position distributing food; sharing extra food with his father and brother; transfer to Nordhausen, then Herzog; obtaining extra food from a friend; his father's death in 1945; an SS man letting him go when he was caught smuggling food; he and a friend helping each other; train transport and a death march to Theresienstadt; he and a friend helping his brother; separation from his brother; liberation by Soviet troops; throwing a German into the river for revenge (he did not drown); reunion with his brother; transfer to Windermere, England via Prague in August; and living in a hostel. Mr. F. discusses his close relationship with his brother; the importance of luck to his survival; the effects of starvation; pervasive painful memories of his losses; and becoming hardened by his experiences.
- Published
- London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1990
- Interview Date
- December 14, 1990.
- Locale
- Poland
Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
Tuszyn (Łódź, Poland)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Windermere (England) - Cite As
- Chaim F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2368). 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., 53 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects. - 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--Piotrków Trybunalski. Bar mitzvah. Forced labor. Fathers and sons. Brothers. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Death marches. Revenge. Friendship. Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland) Poland. Tuszyn (Łódź, Poland) Prague (Czech Republic) Windermere (England) Oral histories (document genres) F., Chaim,--1930- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Dora (Concentration camp) Nordhausen (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Częstochowa (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/4296731
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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