David L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of David L., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1920. He speaks of his happy childhood, religious education, and Zionist activities. Noting prewar, wartime, and postwar antisemitism, he describes the German occupation; the ghettoization of Warsaw; and conditions and daily life in the ghetto. He recalls his escape from the railroad station while awaiting deportation; the desperation and fear alternating with resignation that characterized his life in hiding on the Aryan side in Warsaw and its suburbs for the next year and a half; his marriage, while in hiding, in May 1943; and the gradual disappearances and deaths of his parents and sisters. Mr. L. also relates what he could see of the Warsaw ghetto uprising from his hiding place; liberation by the Russians; and his emigration, with his wife, to the United States.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (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
- L., David, -- 1920-2007.
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Marriage in hiding.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Hiding.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Husband and wife.
Places
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Warsaw ghetto.
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat