- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Isidore K., who was born in Zamość, Poland in 1934, an only child. He recalls staying in a cellar with his family during the German invasion on September 14, 1939; Soviet occupation on September 26; leaving with the Soviets when Zamość was returned to the Germans a few weeks later; living in Volodymyr-Volynsʹkyĭ through the winter; moving to Pinsk; deportation with his parents, grandparents, and other relatives to Siberia because they were not Soviet citizens; his father logging wood; moving fourteen months later to Ghijduwon; his grandmother's death en route; moving a few months later to a collective farm near Taraz; the deaths of his aunt, father, grandfather, and uncle; traveling with his mother, another aunt and cousin to Szczecin after the war; illegally moving to Berlin; living in a displaced persons camp in Berlin for two years; moving to Frankfurt; living in Deggendorf displaced persons camp for a year; emigration with his family to the United States in 1949; and graduating from university, then earning his masters degree in engineering. Mr. K. notes his children's lack of interest in his experiences. He shows photographs and objects.
- Author/Creator
- K., Isidore, 1934-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2010
- Interview Date
- January 26, 2010.
- Locale
- Poland
Zamość (Poland)
Volodymyr-Volynsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
Pinsk (Belarus)
Ghijduwon (Uzbekistan)
Taraz (Kazakhstan)
Szczecin (Poland)
Berlin (Germany)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Cite As
- Isidore K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4430). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Katz, Barbara Hadley, interviewer.
Millen, Susan, interviewer.
