- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Joseph N., who was born in Przemyślany, Poland (today Peremyshli︠a︡ny, Ukraine), in 1918. Mr. N. recounts his upbringing in an orthodox family; imposition of the Soviet regimen after 1939; being drafted into the Red Army and posted to the Romanian border in early 1941; losing all contact with his family after the German invasion; retreating with his unit; building roads and airfields near Baku, Azerbaijan; and traveling at war's end to Bielsko-Biała, Poland, where he located his sister-in-law and learned of the deaths of all in his family. He tells of his marriage; emigration to Paris in 1946; becoming an electrician after attending an ORT school; the birth of his first son in 1948; arrival in the United States in 1953; and nightmares about the Holocaust which have plagued him since.
- Author/Creator
- N., Joseph, 1918-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989
- Interview Date
- September 13, 1989.
- Locale
- Soviet Union
Poland
Peremyshli︠a︡ny (Ukraine)
Baku (Azerbaijan)
Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
Paris (France)
- Cite As
- Joseph N. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1275). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Cohen, Frances Proctor, interviewer.
Ritvo, Lucille B.,
- Notes
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Associated material: Rose N. Holocaust testimony [wife] (HVT-1276), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
