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Abraham B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4369) interviewed by Joanne Weiner Rudof,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4369

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Abraham B., who was born in Bardejov, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1929, one of four children. He recalls his family's affluence; attending Hebrew school; his mother's death from a stroke; deportations of Jews; the family's exemption due to his father's business; moving to Nitra, thinking it safer; a Catholic man hiding his father, sister, and two brothers in his home for several months; moving to a bunker their rescuer built when it became more dangerous; liberation by Soviet troops four weeks later; returning to Bardejov; emigration to the United States in 1947; and his father and sisters joining him in the 1950s. Mr. B. notes continued contact with their rescuer, the happiest man he has ever known; his refusal to accept compensation or recognition (he did not want others to know he saved Jews); and difficulty understanding why he was saved and others were not. He shows photographs.
Author/Creator: B., Abraham, 1929-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2006
Interview Date: December 12, 2006.
Locale: Czechoslovakia
Bardejov (Slovakia)
Nitra (Slovakia)
Cite As: Abraham B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4369). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Rudof, Joanne Weiner, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: Betacam SP master; and 1/2 in. with VHS time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (27 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Bunkers.
Postwar experiences.
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. Fathers and sons. Brothers and sisters. Brothers. Czechoslovakia. Bardejov (Slovakia) Nitra (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) B., Abraham,--1929-

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/7848155
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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