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Martin F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-160) interviewed by Dori Laub and Malca Blum,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-160

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Martin F., who was born in a small town in Poland in 1920. Mr. F. describes his childhood in Będzin; his involvement in Zionist youth organizations; his stay on a kibbutz near the Russian border until the outbreak of the war; and his unsuccessful attempt to escape to Palestine via Russia. He relates being sent from Będzin to Germany as a slave laborer; the typhus epidemic at Faulbruck/Gräditz where he, his father, and his brother were among the few survivors; and his transfer to Langenbielau, then to Gross Rosen. He speaks of his hatred and desire for revenge as a motivation for survival; meeting and falling in love with his future wife; their separation when he was transferred back to Langenbielau; liberation; and his postwar recovery and reunion with his wife-to-be.
Author/Creator: F., Martin, 1920-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: March 27, 1980.
Locale: Będzin (Poland)
Poland
Cite As: Martin F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-160). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Blum, Malca, 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 (1 hr., 8 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Zionist organizations.
Youth movements.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Zionists. Forced labor. Husband and wife. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. Revenge. Będzin (Poland) Poland. Oral histories (document genres) F., Martin,--1920- Faulbrück (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Langenbielau (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/617037
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt617037

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