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Chaim E. Holocaust testimony (HVT-756) interviewed by Susan Millen and Lawrence L. Langer,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-756

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Chaim E., who was born in Brudzew, a small town in Poland near the German border in 1916 and moved to Łódź at the age of five. He describes antisemitism in the Polish army; his capture as a POW by the Germans; his release and return home; and his transport, with his father and stepmother, to Sobibór in 1942. He recounts conditions and treatment in the camp; his work sorting the possessions of the inmates, which gave him the opportunity for sabotage; and his involvement in the uprising of Sobibór, which allowed him to escape with his future wife Selma into the nearby woods; hiding in barns to elude the Germans; and their eventual liberation by the Russians in June, 1944.
Author/Creator: E., Chaim, 1916-2003.
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1986
Interview Date: May 12, 1986.
Locale: Poland
Łódź (Poland)
Brudzew (Poland)
Cite As: Chaim E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-756). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Millen, Susan, interviewer.
Langer, Lawrence L., interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Selma E. Holocaust testimony [wife] (HVT-42), 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 (1 hr., 50 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Concentration camps Revolts.
Concentration camps Underground movements.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Draft--Poland. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Sabotage. Escapes. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Brudzew (Poland) E., Chaim,--1916-2003. Sobibór (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/616999
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:29:00
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