- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Henry G., who was born in Strzemieszyce Wielkie in 1928, one of four children. He recounts his family's poverty (he was always hungry); their orthodoxy; attending cheder and public school; antisemitic harassment; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; ghettoization; his oldest brother's marriage; his father's job with the Judenrat; his father's deportation (he never saw him again); a round-up; separation from his mother; deportation with two brothers and other relatives to Blechhammer; his relatives obtaining extra food for him; British POWs sharing Red Cross packages; a privileged position working for a German who gave him extra food; theatrical and musical performances by the prisoners; public hangings; a death march to Gross-Rosen; train transport to Buchenwald; clandestinely joining a group of more privileged Dutch prisoners; sharing extra food with his brother; his older brother's transfer to the camp hospital (they never saw him again); his other brother joining him; becoming very ill; being nursed by a Dutch prisoner; train transport with his brother to Theresienstadt; his brother's escape en route; liberation by Soviet troops; hospitalization; transfer to Prague; returning to Poland seeking relatives; reunion with his sister and brother; returning to Prague; emigration to England with assistance from a Quaker organization; living in a children's home in Windermere, then in Scotland; marriage; and his son's birth. Mr. G. discusses the prisoner hierarchy in camps; health problems resulting from his experiences; and surgical removal of his tattooed camp number in 1965.
- Author/Creator
- G., Henry, 1928-
- Published
- London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1991
- Interview Date
- February 15, 1991.
- Locale
- Poland
Strzemieszyce Wielkie
England
Strzemieszyce Wielkie (Poland)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Windermere (England)
Scotland
- Cite As
- Henry G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2384). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Perry, Elliot, interviewer.
