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Leo Z. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2625) interviewed by Warren H. Robinson and Patrick Robichaud,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2625

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Leo Z., who was born in Włocławek, Poland in 1920 one of seven children. He recalls German invasion; ghettoization; deportation to Kolmar (Chodzież) for forced labor in 1941; transfer to Poznań, then Auschwitz/Birkenau, in 1943; a beating for an escape attempt; transfer to Buchenwald, then Essen; slave labor in a Krupp factory for about eighteen months; liberation from a train by United States troops; returning home seeking relatives; learning no one survived; traveling to Germany; living in Landsberg displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States. Mr. Z. notes sharing his story with his children when they were young and their disbelief.
Author/Creator: Z., Leo, 1920-
Published: Kansas City, Kansas : Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, 1994
Interview Date: July 21, 1994.
Locale: Poland
Włocławek
Włocławek (Poland)
Chodzież (Poland)
Cite As: Leo Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2625). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Robinson, Warren H., interviewer.
Robichaud, Patrick, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (44 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Survivor-child relations.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Włocławek. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Escapes. Włocławek (Poland) Chodzież (Poland) Poland. Oral histories (document genres) Z., Leo,--1920- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons 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/4296930
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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