Philip G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0476
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Philip G., who was born in approximately 1924. He recounts living in Kalisz; attending a Jewish school; an anti-Jewish boycott leading to his family's move to ?o?dz? in 1938; German invasion; ghettoization; forced labor; building a bunker; hiding his family during round-ups; his father's death from a beating by a German; burying him; his mother's capture; helping her escape; his sisters' and mother's deportations; volunteering to follow them; arrival at Auschwitz in 1944; transfer to Braunschweig six weeks later; slave labor in a truck factory; Allied bombings; transfer to an airplane factory eight months later, then to Ravensbru?ck; transfer elsewhere; receiving Red Cross and Joint packages; a train transport; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization in Ludwigslust; returning to ?o?dz?; reunion with a cousin; traveling to Munich; living in Fo?hrenwald displaced persons camp; working for UNRRA; emigration to the United States; and marriage to a survivor in 1951. He shows photographs.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

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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