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Johnny G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2373) interviewed by David Herman and Elliot Perry,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2373

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Johnny G., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1926, the oldest of three children. He recalls his family's relative affluence; their orthodoxy; antisemitic harassment; his bar mitzvah at home in 1939; German occupation; ghettoization; forced factory labor; his brother's death from malnutrition, then his mother's a year later; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from his father and sister (he never saw them again); slave labor on a nearby farm; a death march, then train transport to Weimar; clearing bombing debris; transfer to Bissingen; slave labor in a mine; transfer to Dachau; liberation from an evacuation train by United States troops; living in Feldafing and Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; emigration to London; marriage; visiting relatives in the United States; and raising three daughters. Mr. G. discusses a postwar visit to Poland; several visits to Israel; and his continuing belief in God, despite not being religious.
Author/Creator: G., Johnny, 1926-
Published: London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1991
Interview Date: January 4, 1991.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Cite As: Johnny G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2373). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Perry, Elliot, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (57 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Oral histories (document genres) 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--Łódź. Forced labor. Death marches. Refugee camps. Faith. Poland. Łódź (Poland) G., Johnny,--1926- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Feldafing (Displaced persons camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.

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/4296747
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:45:00
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