Leon and Molly N. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0145
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1979 - 31 Dec 1979
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Leon N., who was born in M?awa, Poland in 1910 and his wife, Molly N., who was born in M?awa in 1923. Mr. N. tells of prewar life; German occupation; ghettoization in 1941; starvation; food smuggling; mass killings and public hangings; deportation to Auschwitz in 1942 with his first wife and four children; wanting to kill himself "on the wires" knowing his family had been murdered; work as a shoemaker for over three years one-quarter mile from the gas chambers; evacuation in 1945 to several camps ending at Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; meeting General Patton; return to M?awa; finding thirty-three of 11,000 Jews had returned; establishing his business; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. N. recalls transport from M?awa with two sisters to Auschwitz; their transfer to Budy; forced labor constructing roads; one of her sister's death; a death march three years later to Ravensbru?ck; another death march; liberation by American troops; returning to M?awa with her sister; marriage there to Mr. N.; fleeing Poland after anti-Semitic incidents; and emigration to the United States in 1949. They discuss their pride in their son and grandchildren; feeling their experiences were impossible to survive; and their sense of loss of European Jewry - an entire nation.

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

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