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Jack P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1758) interviewed by Toby Blum-Dobkin,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1758

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Jack P., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1912. He recalls his family's long history in Holland; holiday and Sabbath observances; their Zionist affiliations; meeting his first wife at Mizrachi summer camp; believing events in Germany would not impact them; German invasion in May 1940; his mother's non-Jewish friends offering to hide them; marriage; round-ups; constant fear; being caught and released in 1942; assistance from his non-Jewish boss; deportation to Westerbork in July 1943; learning his parents had just been deported east (he never saw them again); running the school; weekly deportations "east"; meeting his future second wife; transfer to Bergen-Belsen in May 1944; seeing his sister-in-law; assignment to a privileged kitchen position, then the shoe kommando; smuggling food to friends while working in the kitchen; train evacuation in spring 1945; liberation by Soviet troops; repatriation; reunion with his sister who had been in hiding; learning another sister and his parents had perished; divorce in August; remarriage in January 1946; and emigration to the United States, wanting to leave a "dead" community. Mr. P. details prewar and camp life, including inter-group relations and religious observances. He shows photographs and documents.
    Author/Creator
    P., Jack, 1912-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
    Interview Date
    January 14, 1991.
    Locale
    Amsterdam (Netherlands)
    Netherlands
    Cite As
    Jack P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1758). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Blum-Dobkin, Toby, interviewer.
    Notes
    Associated material: Jack P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-601), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (3 hr., 24 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Postwar experiences.
    Aid by non-Jews.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4317805
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:58:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4317805

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