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Leon Z. Holocaust testimony (HVT-207) interviewed by Dori Laub,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-207

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Leon Z., who was born in Poland. He speaks of the German takeover in 1941; daily incidents in the ghetto such as a massacre of fifty people in the town center while an orchestra was playing; and his escape from the ghetto and hiding in the woods with his brother to avoid a round-up for deportation. He relates his later transfer to a labor camp, where he was reunited with his brother; avoiding a selection in the camp by hiding in a barrel and being spared by the Nazi who found him there; his escape from the camp back to the ghetto; and his escape from the ghetto to join a group of Red Army partisans in White Russia.
Author/Creator: Z., Leon.
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: March 22, 1980.
Locale: Belarus
Poland
Cite As: Leon Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-207). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Laub, Dori, 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 (45 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Forests.
Partisans.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belarus. Poland. Belarus. Oral histories (document genres) Z., Leon.

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/617031
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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