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Alexander E. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3776)

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Alexander E., who was born in Łódź, Poland, in 1928, an only child. He recounts his family's affluence; attending a Jewish private school; grand celebrations of Jewish holidays at his maternal grandparents' home; German invasion; his father's brief flight east; ghettoization; his grandfather's non-Jewish former employee bringing them food; his father's privileged position managing meat distribution; studying with a private tutor; he and his mother working in a factory; his extended family of ten hiding during a round-up; his grandfather's death; fear of frequent transports; deportation with his family to Auschwitz in August 1944, where he was “broken”; separation with his father from their family; transfer with his father two weeks later to Braunschweig; slave labor in a Büssing tire factory; a German supervisor leaving them extra bread; fear and starvation dominating their lives; a forced march to Watenstedt; his father's death; train transfer to Ravensbrück; receiving Red Cross packages; believing for the first time that he might survive; transfer two days later to Ludwigslust; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization; traveling to Łódź; reunion with a cousin; living on a Hashomer Hatzair kibbutz, then another in Peterswaldau (Pieszyce); traveling with Beriḥah to Vienna via Prague in 1946; assistance from UNRRA and the Joint; illegal emigration via Italy to Palestine in 1947; incarceration by the British in Cyprus; serving in the Arab-Israel war; marriage; and the births of his children. Mr. E. discusses his depression and nightmares; hiding his trauma until the Eichmann trial brought it to the surface; hospitalization and treatment helping him manage his fears; and the impossibility for someone who did not experience it to understand Holocaust survivors.
    Author/Creator
    E., Alexander, 1928-
    Published
    Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1995
    Interview Date
    April 19, June 2 and 8, and November 10, 1995.
    Locale
    Poland
    Łódź
    Łódź (Poland)
    Pieszyce (Poland)
    Prague (Czech Republic)
    Vienna (Austria)
    Italy
    Cyprus
    Palestine
    Cite As
    Alexander E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3776). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Notes
    This testimony is in Hebrew.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. masters; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    4 videorecordings (8 hr., 17 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Hiding.
    Postwar effects.
    Postwar experiences.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Fathers and sons. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. Nightmares. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Pieszyce (Poland) Prague (Czech Republic) Vienna (Austria) Italy. Cyprus. Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Oral histories (document genres) E., Alexander,--1928- Eichmann, Adolf,--1906-1962--Trials, litigation, etc. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Braunschweig (Concentration camp) Watenstedt (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Ludwigslust (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. World Hashomer Hatzair. Beriḥah (Organization) United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4366866
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:40:00
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    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4366866

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