Morris S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0589
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Morris S., who was born in Cze?stochowa, Poland, in 1921. He recalls growing up in a middle-class family of seven children; his father's bakery business; German invasion; killings of Jews; creation of the Judenrat; ghettoization; leaving the ghetto for forced labor; a friend's death in a mass killing; liquidation of the ghetto; forced labor with two sisters and one brother in Racho?w; transfer to Buchenwald, then a camp near Dresden; a death march; escaping with his brother; separating from him to avoid being caught (he never saw him again); posing as a non-Jew to join Polish forced laborers; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr S. recounts traveling to Dresden; returning to Cze?stochowa; reunion with two sisters; leaving for Germany after hearing about the Kielce pogrom; living in the Landsberg displaced persons camp; marriage to an Auschwitz survivor; the birth of their child; and their emigration to the United States. He expresses his great appreciation for the United States and notes his participation in survivor groups.

Extent and Medium

4 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

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