Overview
- Interview Summary
- Pesach Rosen, born in Bialystok, Poland, discusses the German invasion of Poland in September 1939; the division of Poland into German and Russian territories; the brutal treatment of the Jews by the Germans via beatings, torture, and dog attacks; the mass executions of Jews; the starvation of prisoners; the meager rations given to prisoners; the sexual harassment of women by the Germans; working as a smith and being better fed than others; befriending Germans and Poles; his experiences with the Russians, whom he found to be less cruel than the Germans; the numerous Jews in the Russian Partisan companies; the fate of the Jews who were captured while trying to escape; the deportation of Jews to Treblinka; his life after the war; immigrating to Israel; and immigrating later to the United States.
- Interviewee
- Pesach Rosen
- Date
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interview:
1992 December
Physical Details
- Language
- Yiddish
- Extent
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2 sound cassettes (60 min.).
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates. Dog attacks--Poland. Escapes. Guerrillas--Poland. Holocaust survivors--Israel. Holocaust survivors--United States. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. Jews--Persecutions--Poland. Jews--Poland--Bialystok. Mass murder--Poland. Prisoners--Abuse of--Poland. Torture--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Bialystok (Poland) Germany--Armed Forces. Israel--Emigration and immigration. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Russia--Armed Forces. United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Rosen, Pesach.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from Irwin Rosen on March 25, 1993
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 08:10:35
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