Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Fiszel K., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1911, the oldest of six children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; attending Polish school and yeshiva to age fourteen; pervasive antisemitism; working in his father's business and other jobs; becoming less religious; military service as a medic; marriage; his daughter's birth in 1937; military recall in 1939; discharge in Brest; traveling to Białystok; meeting his brother; their deportation to Kyrgyzstan by the Soviet government; forced labor in Komi; release from labor camp; wandering the area; enlisting in the Polish army; his brother's military rejection; transfer to Iran, Iraq, Palestine, then Naples; participating in the battle of Monte Cassino; emigration to England; and becoming a presser in the garment industry. Mr. K. discusses locating his brother through the Red Cross; losing his belief in God due to the Holocaust; and the loss of his entire family except his brother. He shows photographs.
- Published
- London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1991
- Interview Date
- January 3, 1991.
- Locale
- Soviet Union
Poland
Łódź (Poland)
Brest (Belarus)
Białystok (Poland)
Komi (Russia)
Kyrgyzstan
Iran
Iraq
Naples (Italy) - Cite As
- Fiszel K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2370). 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., 42 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Postwar experiences.
Wife Death. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Polish. Forced labor--Soviet Union. Brothers. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. Jews--Migrations. Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944. Children--Death. Faith. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Brest (Belarus) Białystok (Poland) Komi (Russia) Kyrgyzstan. Iran. Iraq. Naples (Italy) Oral histories (document genres) K., Fiszel,--1911- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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/4296739
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4296739
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