Harry C. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Harry C., who was born in Poland in 1896, the youngest of three children. He recalls attending cheder in Sosnowiec; his older sisters' marriages; his parents' deaths; working in textiles; marriage; German invasion; his wife's deportation to Auschwitz; his deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Blechhammer; slave labor "digging and chopping"; public hangings; Allied bombings; hospitalization; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Katowice, then Sosnowiec; a month later leaving for Wroc?aw, then Munich; living in Fo?hrenwald displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1949; remarriage; and emigration to join his wife's relatives in the United States.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (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. This testimony can only be used for educational purposes.
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Process Info
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People
- C., Harry, -- 1896-
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)
- Blechhammer E/3 (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Refugee camps.
- Hospitals in concentration camps.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Forced labor.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Katowice (Poland)
- Wrocław (Poland)
- Poland.
- Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
- Munich (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat