Victor C. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Victor C. (accompanied by his daughter Belinda) who was born in Strzemieszyce Wielke, Poland in 1914. He relates his father's death; the family's move to Sosnowiec; extreme poverty; his mother's efforts to raise and educate four sons; studying in Krako?w; being drafted into the Polish army in 1939; being taken as a prisoner-of-war; and his escape. He describes returning to Strzemieszyce; his marriage; the birth of his child; ghetto conditions and organization; transfer with his family to Be?dzin; forced labor; transfers to many camps; the variety of conditions and organizational structures within the camps; finding his brother in Marksta?dt; transfer to Gross Rosen; the agonizing memory of leaving his dying brother; evacuation to Flossenbu?rg, then to Buchenwald; the Buchenwald to Dachau death march and his escape; aid by foreign workers and peasants; and hospitalization by the American army. Mr. C. recalls learning of the deaths of his wife and child; organizing displaced persons in Bavaria after his recovery; assisting in the illegal immigration to Palestine; and his emigration to the United States. In this unusually detailed and vivid testimony Mr. C. reflects upon the Holocaust; media portrayal of it; and the history and destiny of the Jewish people.

6 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)