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Morris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-232) interviewed by Louis Micheels,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-232

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Morris K., who was born in Pruz︠h︡any, Poland. Mr. K. describes the Russian occupation, after which he was made the manager of a department store; the German occupation of Pruz︠h︡any; the Judenrat and confinement in a ghetto; and a confrontation between German officers and partisans which led to the liquidation of the ghetto and Mr. K's deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau. He details his injury during an enemy bombing and his subsequent narrow escape from the crematoria; the death march to Mauthausen; slave labor in Melk; his liberation from Ebensee; brief visits to Germany and Austria; and his emigration to the United States. Mr. K. also describes his participation in survivor activities and his appearances as a school speaker since his retirement in 1976.
Author/Creator: K., Morris, 1921?-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984
Interview Date: January 30, 1984.
Locale: Poland
Belarus
Pruz︠h︡any
Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus)
Cite As: Morris K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-232). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Micheels, Louis, interviewer.
Notes: Related material: Morris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-603), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

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

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Soviet occupation.
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Men. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Poland--Politics and government. Video tapes. Jewish ghettos. Holocaust survivors. Jews--Belarus--Pruz︠h︡any. Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus) Poland. Death marches. Jewish councils. Oral histories (document genres) K., Morris,--1921?- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Ebensee (Concentration camp) Melk (Concentration camp)

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/614468
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:45:00
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