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Benjamin M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-194) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-194

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Benjamin M., who was born in Warsaw. He describes his prewar home environment; life in the Warsaw ghetto; and slave labor experiences on the "Aryan" side. He tells of joining the underground; smuggling food into the ghetto; and smuggling people into and out of the ghetto. He recounts his first meeting with his future wife, also active in the underground; smuggling his parents out of the ghetto to helpful gentiles; Nazi tricks to root out Jews in hiding; and his younger brother's falling prey to such a trap. Mr. M. describes the bombardment and burning of the Warsaw ghetto; the indifference of nearby Poles; and the experience of living on the Aryan side.
Author/Creator: M., Benjamin, 1918-2006.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1983
Interview Date: February 19, 1983.
Locale: Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw (Poland)
Cite As: Benjamin M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-194). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Vladka M. Holocaust testimony [wife] (HVT 195) and Vladka and Benjamin M. Holocaust testimony [with wife] (HVT 939), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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 (57 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Bunkers.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Husband and wife. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. Jewish ghettos. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Jews--Poland--Warsaw. Poland. Warsaw (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) M., Benjamin,--1918-2006.

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/801230
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
This page:: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt801230/

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