Jack R. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Jack R., who was born in Be?dzin, Poland in 1913. In addition to information included in HVT-995, Mr. R. discusses continuing nightmares and health problems resulting from his experiences; the difficulty of conveying the totality of his camp experiences; his lack of belief in basic human goodness; continuing anger toward the German people; and the injustice of their never really having been punished.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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People
- R., Jack, -- 1913-2003.
Corporate Bodies
- Kaufering (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Oranienburg (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Jews -- Poland -- Będzin.
- Husband and wife.
- Forced labor.
- Brothers.
- Jewish councils.
- Death marches.
- Nightmares.
- Hiding.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Postwar effects.
- Mutual aid.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Poland.
- Switzerland.
- Palestine.
- Będzin ghetto.
- Katowice (Poland)
- Będzin (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat