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Martin S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-300) interviewed by Dori Laub and Dorothy Lewenz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-300

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Martin S., who was born in Munkács, Hungary, in 1923. He describes the Hungarian annexation and the anti-Semitic legislation that ensued; the ghettoization of Munkács in 1943; his deportation for slave labor first to the Russian front, then to Austria; the horrible conditions of the death march to Mauthausen and the march from there to Gunskirchen; and the desolation surrounding his "liberation" by the Americans. He tells of his postwar return to Munkács, where he learned that his father and a brother had survived; his stay in a displaced persons camp in Germany; and his efforts to emigrate to Israel with his father. Mr. S. repeatedly expresses his disbelief that the many bystanders who witnessed the marches were ignorant of what was happening.
Author/Creator: S., Martin, 1923-
Published: New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984
Interview Date: November 10, 1984.
Locale: Ukraine
Mukacheve
Hungary
Mukacheve (Ukraine)
Austria
Cite As: Martin S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-300). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Lewenz, Dorothy, interviewer.

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 (54 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Jews Hungary Munkács.
Hungarian occupation.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Mukacheve. Hungary. Mukacheve (Ukraine) Austria. Oral histories (document genres) Death marches. S., Martin,--1923- Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Gunskirchen (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/616996
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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