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Shalom K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4165)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4165

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Shalom K., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1925, one of four children. He recounts his father's death; his mother running his father's factory; attending school; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; ghettoization; Germans killing his mother when she tried to keep them from taking his older brothers, then killing his brothers (he and his sister were hiding under a bed); transfer to an orphanage; slave labor in a shoe factory; his sister's transfer to a hospital; her murder there; living at a former Hechalutz hachsharah; deportation to Birkenau in 1943; transfer to Auschwitz; slave labor building barracks; remaining with a group that helped each other; a German soldier giving him extra food; brief escape during train transfer to Sachsenhausen; a death march to Mauthausen; observing cannibalism; returning to Sachsenhausen, then transfer to Lieberose; a death march to Gunskirchen; liberation by United States troops; assistance from UNRRA: living in the Wels displaced persons camp; traveling with the Jewish Brigade to Villa Minozzo; illegal emigration to Palestine in 1946; and joining the Palmaḥ. Mr. K. discusses relations between different national groups of prisoners and different treatment by the guards; not sharing his experiences; and nightmares.
    Author/Creator
    K., Shalom, 1925-
    Published
    Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2000
    Interview Date
    March 2, 2000.
    Locale
    Poland
    Łódź
    Łódź (Poland)
    Villa Minozzo (Italy)
    Palestine
    Cite As
    Shalom K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4165). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Notes
    This testimony is in Hebrew.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Copies
    2 copies: Betacam SP; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 21 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Hiding.
    Mutual aid.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.
    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. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Forced labor. Orphanages--Poland. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Escapes. Death marches. Cannibalism. Refugee camps. Nightmares. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Villa Minozzo (Italy) Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Oral histories (document genres) K., Shalom,--1925- Hechalutz (Organization) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Lieberose (Concentration camp) Gunskirchen (Concentration camp) United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Palmaḥ.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4919306
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:33:00
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