- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Eugene F., who was born in Leles, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1925, one of five children. He recounts his family's orthodoxy; his father's death in 1929; completing high school; learning tailoring; Hungarian occupation in 1940; deportation to Sátoraljaújhely ghetto in March 1944, then to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from his mother and aunt (they were gassed immediately); transfer to Buna/Monowitz with his younger brother; slave labor for I.G. Farben; receiving extra food from a kapo; sharing food with his brother; public hangings of escapees and a few men who smuggled weapons; Allied bombings; encouragement from a Soviet POW; a death march and train transport to Buchenwald; separation from his brother; piles of corpses; frequent beatings; a death march to Flossenbürg, then another two weeks later; assisting his cousin; escaping; liberation by United States troops; a friend killing Germans for revenge; living in Windsheim and Ulm displaced persons camps; reunion with a first cousin; moving to the Hague with assistance from a Jewish organization; working as a tailor; emigration to the United States; marriage; and serving in the Korean War. Mr. F. discusses the fates of his siblings (one sister was killed, the others survived); questioning his belief in God, then learning to maintain his faith; and visiting Leles and his father's grave in Uz︠h︡horod. He shows photographs.
- Author/Creator
- F., Eugene, 1925-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1995
- Interview Date
- November 15, 1995.
- Locale
- Hungary
Sátoraljaújhely
Czechoslovakia
Leles (Slovakia)
Hague (Netherlands)
Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
- Cite As
- Eugene F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3151). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Millen, Susan, interviewer.
