Chaim E. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Chaim E., who was born in Brudzew, a small town in Poland near the German border in 1916 and moved to ?o?dz? at the age of five. He describes antisemitism in the Polish army; his capture as a POW by the Germans; his release and return home; and his transport, with his father and stepmother, to Sobibo?r in 1942. He recounts conditions and treatment in the camp; his work sorting the possessions of the inmates, which gave him the opportunity for sabotage; and his involvement in the uprising of Sobibo?r, which allowed him to escape with his future wife Selma into the nearby woods; hiding in barns to elude the Germans; and their eventual liberation by the Russians in June, 1944.
Extent and Medium
2 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
People
- E., Chaim, -- 1916-2003.
Corporate Bodies
- Sobibór (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Forced labor.
- Draft -- Poland.
- Sabotage.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance.
- Hiding.
- Escapes.
- Concentration camps -- Underground movements.
- Concentration camps -- Revolts.
Places
- Łódź (Poland)
- Brudzew (Poland)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat