Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Larry G., who was born in Kozyany, Poland (presently Belarus) in 1928, one of five children. He recounts his father's tailor shop; cordial relations with non-Jews; attending Tarbut school, then Catholic school; Soviet invasion; collectivization of his father's store; German invasion; a mass killing; escaping a round-up with his family and others; hiding in an abandoned mill; escaping deeper into the forest when they were discovered; his older brother and sister joining the partisans; stealing food and supplies from farmers; standing guard; constructing bunkers; foraging for food; his bar mitzvah; one sister being killed while on patrol; arrival of Soviet troops; his brother's draft into the Soviet army; living with his uncle for six months; joining his parents in Vidzy; his brother's return after being wounded; traveling to Łódź, then Prague; living in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; attending school; assistance from HIAS to emigrate with his family to the United States to join relatives; draft into the United States army during the Korean War; and his career as a chef. Mr. G. discusses surviving seemingly impossible conditions in the woods; sharing his experiences with his children, and memories awaking him at night.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2004
- Interview Date
- July 12, 2004.
- Locale
- Belarus
Poland
Kozyany (Belarus)
Vidzy (Belarus)
Łódź (Poland) - Cite As
- Larry G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4318). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: DVCam Master; Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 57 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Soviet occupation.
Mass killings.
Hiding.
Forests.
Bunkers.
Partisans.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Escapes. Fathers and sons. Mothers and sons. Brothers. Brothers and sisters. Families. Bar mitzvah. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belarus. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Refugee camps. Poland. Kozyany (Belarus) Vidzy (Belarus) Łódź (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) G., Larry,--1928- Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp) HIAS (Agency)
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/6697010
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:45:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt6697010
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