- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Rudy F., who was born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine), in 1922, the older of two children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; their affluence; attending a Czech, then a Hebrew school; belonging to Betar; his parents' many charitable acts; Hungarian occupation in 1938; antisemitism among his peers; the brutality of the Hungarian field police; draft with his uncle into a Hungarian slave labor battalion in 1942; assignments in Szombathely, Uz︠h︡horod, and other locations; working for Organisation Todt; transfer to Gunskirchen, then Mauthausen; death marches to Melk, then Birnbäumel; liberation by United States troops; returning home; learning his immediate and large extended family had all been killed except for two uncles; and emigration to the United States. Mr. F. discusses the impact of starvation; sharing extra food with his uncle; receiving food from an officer; observing cannabilism; torture inflicted upon him and others; the importance of humor to survival; his belief in God despite not continuing to be orthodox; continuing health issues and nightmares resulting from his experiences; and his anguish dealing with the inexplicability of his survival.
- Author/Creator
- F., Rudy, 1922-
- Published
- Bridgeport and New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979 and 1980
- Interview Date
- August 7, 1979 and February 11, 1980.
- Locale
- Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Mukacheve (Ukraine)
Szombathely (Hungary)
Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
- Cite As
- Rudy F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-22). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Auerhahn, Nanette, interviewer.
Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
