Rabbi Meyer S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Rabbi Meyer S., who was born into a rabbinic family in Poland in 1920. He describes in detail his childhood and family life in Poland and in Germany; his family's move to Wittmund, Germany, in 1926; the rise of antisemitism and anti-Jewish legislation; and his family's observance of the Jewish dietary laws in spite of the prohibition of ritual slaughter. Rabbi S. tells of his family's arrival in the United States on July 4, 1935; his father's work as a cantor and shochet (ritual slaughterer) in Pennsylvania; and his own studies at a Yeshiva in New York. He also relates the story of his Hasidic grandfather's heroic death in Stanis?awo?w, Poland, surrounded by 123 members of his family.
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., Meyer, -- 1920-
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Jews -- Germany -- Social life and customs.
- Jews -- Germany -- Social conditions.
- Jews -- Poland -- Social life and customs.
- Jews -- Poland -- Social conditions.
- Hasidism.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Bielitz (Poland)
- Wittmund (Germany)
- Stanisławów (Poland)
- Germany.
- Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
- Stanislav (Ukraine)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc