Marek S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Marek S., who was born in 1912 in Kamionica Strymonylova, a small town near L?vov, Poland. He describes his early family life; the outbreak of the second world war; his army transfer from L?vov to the battle front; and his return home to occupation by the Russians. He tells of the deportation of many Jews to Siberia; the German occupation in 1941; his flight to L?vov, where he was captured by Ukrainians; and his work in the L?vov ghetto, where his sister also lived. He recounts being jailed for several days; his work as a camp gardener in Janowska Road, a camp within L?vov; witnessing brutalities within the camp; his transfer to barracks near the factory where he worked; and his smuggling bread to his sister. He recalls the liquidation of the ghetto; sheltering his sister; and her capture and murder. Mr. S. relates working as a butcher until 1944, when the S.S. liquidated his factory; and his flight from L?vov to his home town, where he hid in a loft for 300 days; and his liberation a few days after he left his hiding place. Mr. S. also reads from a diary which he kept while in hiding.
Extent and Medium
3 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
- S., Marek, -- 1912-
Corporate Bodies
- Janowska (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Jews -- Poland -- Lwów.
- Jews -- Ukraine -- Lʹvov.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
Places
- Poland.
- Lʹviv (Ukraine)
- Siberia (Russia)
- Lwów (Poland)
- Lʹvov (Ukraine)
- Lʹvov ghetto.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat
- Diaries. -- aat