Phil T. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Phil T., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1918. He recalls playing soccer for Sportklub Hakoah; traveling internationally with the team, including to Palestine in 1937; expulsion with other Polish Jews (his parents were born in Poland) to Zba?szyn?; an invitation to play soccer in Bielsko-Bia?a; German invasion; traveling to Krako?w, then to Gorlice, his father's hometown; deportation to Dachau, then Mielec; forced labor in an airplane factory for two and a half years; transfer to Flossenbu?rg; a death march through Germany; liberation by United States troops including a rabbi; a two month hospitalization; traveling to Frankfurt; locating a sister in the United States through an American soldier; emigration to join her; and marriage. He discusses the importance of remaining with three friends (including Joseph K.), one of whom died immediately after liberation; continuing to participate in soccer; and serious illnesses later in life.
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.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- T., Phil, -- 1918-
Corporate Bodies
- Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Sportklub Hakoah.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Postwar experiences.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Death marches.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Friendship.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Gorlice (Poland)
- Kraków (Poland)
- Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
- Zba̜szyń (Poland)
- Berlin (Germany)
- Germany.
- Mielec (Poland : Concentration camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat