Mendel S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Mendel S., who was born in Vienna and raised in Poland. He speaks of the Russian occupation of his home town; the ghettoization immediately following the German occupation; the killing of his family; his escape to the woods, where he remained in hiding for two years; his deportation to Siberia by the Russians in 1944; and his emigration from Russia, including his stay in a displaced persons camp.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (3/4" u-matic)
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Mendel.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Refugee camps.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Hiding.
- Forests.
- Soviet occupation.
Places
- Poland.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Siberia (Russia)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat