Charles L. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Charles L., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1928. He recounts German invasion; public humiliation of Jews; ghettoization; forced labor; a round-up, including his parents; obtaining his mother's release through connections; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from his mother and sister (he never saw them again); selection for work with his brother; clandestinely leaving the children's camp to join his brother; their transfer to Altenhammer; obtaining privileged work in the kitchen; providing food to his brother and others; a death march, then train transport to Nordhausen; public hangings; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; traveling to Hannover; marriage in the Bremen displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States. He notes that only three out of 250 family members survived and discusses his participation in a survivor organization.

3 videocassettes