Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of James H., who was born in Satu Mare, Romania in 1928. He recounts his large extended family; attending cheder; moving to Carei; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish restrictions; German invasion in March 1944; ghettoization; transfer to the Satu Mare ghetto; deportation to Birkenau; selection with his father and brother for work; his mother visiting their barrack (only his father was allowed out to see her); transfer to Auschwitz, then Buna/Monowitz; slave labor unloading cement; a friend who was sterilized in specious medical experiments; working with British POWs; Allied bombings; his brother's transfer; a death march with his father and friends to Gleiwitz; his father remaining behind and insisting he leave him; train transfer to Buchenwald; improved conditions due to the prisoner administrators; Czechs throwing them food; helping his friend who had been beaten; a prisoner uprising as Allied forced approached; liberation by United States troops; assistance from HIAS and the Joint; transfer to Équilly, then Paris; assistance from OSE; and emigration to the United States. Mr. H. reads excerpts from his autobiographic poetry and discusses continuing guilt about leaving his father.
- Published
- Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1991
- Interview Date
- October 21, 1991.
- Locale
- Romania
Satu Mare
Carei
Satu Mare (Romania : Județ)
Carei (Romania)
Équilly (France)
Paris (France) - Cite As
- James H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2401). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. master; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (3 hr.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Hungarian occupation.
Concentration camps Revolts.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Romania--Satu Mare. Jews--Romania--Carei. Death marches. Forced labor. Fathers and sons. Brothers. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Human experimentation in medicine. Poetry. Prisoners of war. Friendship. Romania. Satu Mare (Romania : Județ) Carei (Romania) Équilly (France) Paris (France) Oral histories (document genres) H., James,--1928- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) World Union OSE. HIAS (Agency) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
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/4296813
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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