Irving S. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Irving S., who was born in Surawno, Austria (now U.S.S.R.) in 1907. He recounts attending cheder; his father's Austrian patriotism; fleeing to the Carpathians, Vienna, and Teplice during World War I; returning home where everything had been destroyed; attending school under Ukrainian, Polish, and Soviet auspices as governments changed; and his brother's return from Austrian Army service, having lost a leg. Mr. S. tells of living with his aunt in Teplice; activities in Zionist groups; returning home; graduation from university and law school in Krako?w; legal clerkship and practice in Lwo?w; moving to Belgrade in 1939 for employment in his uncle's business; marriage in 1938; he and his wife obtaining U.S. visas; brief imprisonment in Leskovac; efforts to obtain transit visas from Greece, Turkey, and Iraq; incidents in the journey with his wife and aunt; ship travel from Basra to Karachi to Bombay; and arrival in the United States in 1941. He describes adjustment difficulties; the births of his children; and learning of the deaths of most of his family in Europe.

3 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)