Leon E. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Leon E. who was born in Krako?w, Poland in 1922, one of two children. He recounts attending school; his family's brief move to Bielsko-Bia?a, then their return to Krako?w; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; he and his family joining friends in the countryside in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska; his job in a woodworking factory; deportation to P?aszo?w in 1942; escaping to visit his parents; returning two days later (he never saw his parents again); transfer to Skarz?ysko-Kamienna in 1943; slave labor in a munitions factory, working with picric acid; a fellow prisoner giving him new clothes when the acid destroyed his; a woman prisoner giving him extra food; transfer to Buchenwald, then Schlieben a week later; transfer to Theresienstadt; liberation by Soviet troops; and returning to Krako?w. Mr. E. attributes his survival to help from other prisoners and luck.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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., Leon, -- 1922-
Corporate Bodies
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Schlieben (Concentration camp)
- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp)
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Escapes.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Mutual aid.
Places
- Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
- Poland.
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Poland)
- Kraków (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat