Abraham P. and Morris P. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of brothers Abraham P., born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1913 and Morris P., born in ?o?dz?, 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.
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
- P., Morris, -- 1914-
- P., Abraham, -- 1913-
Corporate Bodies
- Kaufering (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Forced labor.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Refugee camps.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
- Brothers.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
Places
- Łódź ghetto.
- Feldafing (Germany : Refugee camp)
- Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc