Israel S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0549
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Israel S., who was born in Munka?cs, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine) in 1929. He recalls his religious family and happy childhood; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish measures; escaping deportation to Poland; German invasion in 1944; evacuation with his family to a brick factory; separation from his mother and sisters upon arrival at Auschwitz (he never saw his mother again); two weeks in Birkenau; separation from his father upon transfer to Mauthausen; forced labor in a coal mine in Melk; a prisoner saving him during an accident (he was seriously injured); assistance from a German officer; transfer by train and a death march to Ebensee; and liberation by United States troops. Mr. S. describes emigration to the United States in 1948; marriage in 1957; and his family of seven children. He discusses his total depression in Auschwitz; beginning to struggle to survive in Melk; and the importance of his group of friends to his survival.

Extent and Medium

6 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

People

  • S., Israel, -- 1929-

Corporate Bodies

  • Ebensee (Concentration camp)
  • Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
  • Melk (Concentration camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • Birkenau (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Death marches.
  • Child survivors.
  • Forced labor.
  • Friendship.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Hungarian occupation.
  • Mutual aid.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
  • Fathers and sons.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.

Places

  • Mukachevo (Ukraine)
  • Munkács (Hungary)
  • Czechoslovakia.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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