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David L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3235) interviewed by Lawrence L. Langer,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3235

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David L., who was born in Futoma, Poland in 1915. He recalls eighteen months in the Polish military prior to 1939; German invasion; ghettoization with his brothers and parents in Rzeszów; separation from his parents and one brother (he never saw them again); liquidation of the ghetto; transport with his brother to Wieliczka, then Mielec; slave labor in an airplane factory; transfer to Flossenbürg, then Altenhammer; return to Flossenbürg a year later; liberation by United States troops; staying in Hochfeld displaced persons camp; some assistance from UNRRA; living in Germany until emigrating with his brother to the United States in 1949; marriage; and his daughter's birth. Mr. L. discusses a severe beating in camp; becoming hardened in order to survive the ghetto and camps; nightmares for many years after the war; and sharing his experiences with his daughter.
Author/Creator: L., David, 1915-
Published: Brookline, Mass. : Brookline Holocaust Memorial Committee, 1990
Interview Date: September 11, 1990.
Locale: Poland
Rzeszów
Futoma (Poland)
Rzeszów (Poland)
Cite As: David L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3235). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Langer, Lawrence L., interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 25 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Rzeszów. Forced labor. Brothers. Refugee camps. Nightmares. Poland. Futoma (Poland) Rzeszów (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) L., David,--1915- Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) Wieliczka (Concentration camp) United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

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/4297251
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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