Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Rubin Literman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1990.338.44 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0044

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Oral history interview with Rubin Literman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Rubin Literman, born in Plock, Poland, describes attending a Jewish high school; his family (he shows a picture of them from 1930); belonging to a Zionist organization; Jews ignoring the local antisemitism; his father setting up an accounting office; the German invasion in 1939 and Jews losing all their rights immediately; having to live in the ghetto; being moved to the ghetto in Chmielnik, Poland; two of his brothers fleeing to the Russian zone, but were captured later and died in Auschwitz; he and a brother being taken to concentration camp Skarczisko in October 1942; his parents being taken to Treblinka and killed; staying in the camp for two years and working in a munition factory; the lack of medical care; selections and trying to make themselves look healthy; the men being shipped to Buchenwald while the women, including his future wife Luba, were sent to Leipzig; sending secret messages to Luba; working in a munitions factory in Buchenwald; surviving an explosion that killed his friends; being taken by train to Theresienstadt; being liberated on May 8, 1945; no one in his family surviving; being sent to Landsberg, Germany; working as a police sergeant and reuniting with Luba; marrying Luba; immigrating to the United States; their new life in Buffalo, NY; a gathering of survivors in Jerusalem in June 1981 (he shows a photograph of the event); still having nightmares; and contemporary antisemitism.
    Interviewee
    Rubin Literman
    Interviewer
    Mrs. Toby Back

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Literman, Rubin.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Toby Ticktin Back of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo conducted the interview with Rubin Literman with the cooperation and support of WIVB-TV in Buffalo, NY. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received copies of interviews from the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo from 1990 - 1993. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:08:25
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn511807

    Additional Resources

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us