Benjamin D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Benjamin D., who was born in Soko??ka, Poland in 1915. He tells of serving in the Polish army; retreating from the German invasion; capture by a German officer; transfer to a prisoner of war camp in Germany; changing his name to avoid detection as a Jew; and internment in a Stalag at Alt-Grabow. Mr. D. describes conditions of starvation and brutal treatment; forced labor; deportation of some prisoners to a death camp (he learned this later); letters from his brother in a ghetto dated February 2, 1943 and December 13, 1943; and not knowing the whereabouts or fate of his wife and two children. He recalls liberation of twenty-one survivors out of the original 3,000 prisoners by American troops; traveling to Paris; meeting his second wife; and their emigration to Israel.
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
- D., Benjamin, -- 1915-
Subjects
- Prisoners of war -- Germany.
- Children -- Death.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Wife -- Death.
Places
- Alt-Grabow (Germany : Prisoner of war camp)
- France.
- Israel.
- SokoĚĹka (Poland)
- Germany.
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc