- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Frank S., who was born in Boryslav, Poland in 1916. Mr. S. recalls his childhood in Lʹvov; his Polish and Jewish identities; emigration of one brother to Palestine and another to New York; anti-Semitic incidents; his medical studies in Italy, France and Belgium; and return to Poland in the summer of 1939 due to his Polish patriotism. He discusses Soviet occupation; leading Polish student resisters; German occupation; mass murders and deportations; moving to the Warsaw ghetto with his parents, brother and sister-in-law; deteriorating conditions; extreme hunger; and deportation to Treblinka, where his parents and sister-in-law were killed. He describes escape with his brother from Treblinka to Stoczek Łukowski, then Warsaw; obtaining false papers; conducting black market business; attempts to aid other Jews; and his arrest, torture, and deportation to Auschwitz. Mr. S. relates conditions in Auschwitz; meeting Greek Jews; working in the hospital where he encountered Dr. Friedrich Entress; working in Pszczyna; and liberation January 18, 1945 by Russians. He describes postwar experiences in Italy; organizing groups to emigrate to Palestine; reunion with his brother, who committed suicide shortly thereafter; his marriage; and the birth of his daughter Aurora. Both Mrs. S. and Aurora participate in this exceptionally insightful and detailed testimony.
- Author/Creator
- S., Frank, 1916-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
- Interview Date
- February 4, 1985 and March 1, 1985.
- Locale
- Poland
Warsaw
Boryslav (Ukraine)
Drohobych (Ukraine)
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Warsaw (Poland)
Bologna (Italy)
Modena (Italy)
Rome (Italy)
Stoczek Lukowski (Poland)
Pszczyna (Poland)
- Cite As
- Frank S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-532). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
- Notes
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Related publication: The tale of the ring : a kaddish : a personal memoir of the Holocaust / Frank Stiffel ; [final illustration by Aurora Stiffel Berman], 1st ed. Wainscott, N.Y. : Pushcart, c1984.
Associated material: Edward S. and Frank S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-642), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
