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Abraham P. and Morris P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-141)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-141

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of brothers Abraham P., born in Łódź, Poland in 1913 and Morris P., born in Łódź, Poland in 1914. They recall their family of six children; their father's death in 1923; attending school a half day and working long hours as tailors; antisemitic incidents; German invasion; anti-Jewish measures; and ghettoization in 1940. They describe extreme hunger, forced labor and round-ups; transport to Auschwitz with their family; transfer ten days later to Dachau together with their older brother; conditions of hard labor, beatings, selections, cold and hunger; transfer to Kaufering; transport on a train; their older brother's death; escape; and liberation by American troops. They relate recovery in a sanitarium; life in the Feldafing displaced persons camp; Abraham P.'s reunion with his wife; locating their surviving sister; Morris P.'s marriage; and emigration to the United States.
Author/Creator: P., Abraham, 1913-
Published: Kansas City, Mo. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979
Interview Date: 1979.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Cite As: Abraham P. and Morris P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-141). 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 (29 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Brothers. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Jewish ghettos. Forced labor. Łódź (Poland) Poland. Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. P., Abraham,--1913- P., Morris,--1914- Dachau (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Kaufering (Concentration camp)

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/992506
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:29:00
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