- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Simon H., who was born in Salonika, Greece in 1910. He describes the prewar Jewish community; his widowed mother's efforts to support five children; his Jewish and secular education; leaving school in 1920 to support himself as a barber's assistant, then a barber; being drafted and discharged; his marriage; and the birth of his two daughters. Mr. H. relates the historical background of the German invasion of Greece; anti-Jewish measures; ghettoization and deportation; "volunteering" in Lancut in order to save his family (they perished); working as a barber; his relationship with his younger brother with whom he survived; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Warsaw to clear the wasteland of the former Warsaw ghetto; the horrendous march from Warsaw to Łódź; train transport to Dachau; and liberation by the Americans. Mr. S. recalls his stay in the Feldafing displaced persons camp; marriage there to another survivor; and emigration to the United States with their infant son. He also discusses his life in Boston where he worked as a barber; poor health which caused him to retire; his son and daughter; and the miracle that enabled him to survive.
- Author/Creator
- H., Simon, 1910-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1983
- Interview Date
- August 17, 1983.
- Locale
- Greece
Thessalonikē
Thessalonikē (Greece)
- Cite As
- Simon H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-218). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
- Notes
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Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.
