Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Alexander H., who was born in Poland in 1919, the oldest of seven children. He recounts living in Łódź; moving to Sompolno when he was seven; attending public school; his family's participation in the Bund; apprenticing to a tailor; working in Łódź; German invasion; returning home; daily forced labor; traveling with his sister to Łódź, Warsaw, then to Soviet-occupied Białystok; working in Vaŭkavysk until Germany invaded the Soviet Union; walking to Homelʹ; separation from his sister en route; traveling to Kazanʹ, Azerbaijan, Ekaterinburg, then Türkmenabat; draft into a Soviet labor battalion; slave labor in Ekaterinburg, Turkmenbashy, then Baku; working four years with no compensation; finding his sister through the Red Cross; their return to Łódź after the war; leaving in 1946 due to antisemitism; working in an UNRRA refugee camp in Frankfurt; assistance from the Joint; and emigration with his sister to the United States, with assistance from the International Rescue Committee. Mr. H. notes the deaths of his siblings, parents, and other relatives in the Holocaust.
- Published
- Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1996
- Interview Date
- March 13, 1996.
- Locale
- Soviet Union
Poland
Łódź (Poland)
Sompolno (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Białystok (Poland)
Vaŭkavysk (Belarus)
Homelʹ (Belarus)
Kazanʹ (Russia)
Azerbaijan
Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Türkmenabat (Turkmenistan)
Turkmenbashy (Turkmenistan)
Baku (Azerbaijan) - Cite As
- Alexander H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3438). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (41 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Soviet occupation.
Mutual aid.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Brothers and sisters. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Soviet Union. Forced labor--Soviet Union--History--20th century. Refugee camps. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Sompolno (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Białystok (Poland) Vaŭkavysk (Belarus) Homelʹ (Belarus) Kazanʹ (Russia) Azerbaijan. Ekaterinburg (Russia) Türkmenabat (Turkmenistan) Turkmenbashy (Turkmenistan) Baku (Azerbaijan) Oral histories (document genres) H., Alexander,--1919- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Allgemeyner Idisher arbayṭerbund in Liṭa, Poylen un Rusland. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. International Rescue Committee. 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/4297516
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:45:00
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