Chaskel S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Chaskel S., who was born in Wielopole, Poland in 1910. He recounts his parents' deaths when he was a child; moving to Tarno?w at age thirteen; a successful business with his brother; German invasion; expropriation of Jewish property; ghettoization; using influence with a Judenrat member to avoid deportation; hiding with his brother and future wife during round-ups and mass killings; deportation to P?aszo?w; working in Schindler's factory; transfer to Gross-Rosen, then Brne?nec, with his brother; reunion with his future wife who had been in Auschwitz; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Tarno?w; living in Krako?w; and emigration to Paris, Israel, and then the United States. Mr. S. discusses incidents in the ghetto and camps, and sharing his experiences with his children. He notes 300 members of his family were killed.
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
- Schindler, Oskar, -- 1908-1974.
- S., Chaskel, -- 1910-
Corporate Bodies
- Brünnlitz (Concentration camp)
- Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp)
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Mass killings.
- Mutual aid.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Brothers.
- Hiding.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Forced labor.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jewish councils.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Poland -- Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie)
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Israel.
- Paris (France)
- Tarnów ghetto.
- Wielopole (Poland)
- Poland.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat