Max M. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Max M., who was born in Skala-Podol?skaya, in southeastern Poland, in 1926. He tells of a congenital hip problem which resulted in frequent hospitalization and surgery; the Russian occupation from 1939-1941; being caught near L?vov when the Germans invaded; and the difficulty of getting home to Skala with his mother. He describes the death of his brother in a POW camp, from which the Poles and Ukrainians had been released and only the Jews exterminated. He relates the formation of a ghetto; the Judenrat; deportation to Borshchov; hiding in bunkers during several round-ups; the death of his mother; a mass killing in which his father was killed; and his escape into the woods with a cousin, where he hid for fourteen months with other Jews from the area. Mr. M. discusses liberation by Russian troops; continuing hardship; living with no hope; and his eventual emigration to the United States. He describes the present as another and happy chapter in his life.
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
- M., Max, -- 1926-
Subjects
- Forests.
- Hiding.
- Brothers.
- Jewish councils.
- Jews -- Ukraine -- Borshchov.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Prisoners of war -- Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Ukraine.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Soviet occupation.
- Mass killings.
- Aid by non-Jews.
Places
- Lwów (Poland)
- Borshchov ghetto.
- Lv́ov (Ukraine)
- Poland.
- Lʹviv (Ukraine)
- Skala-Podilʹsʹka (Ukraine)
- Borshchov (Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc