Solomon S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0850
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Solomon S., who was born in Charsznica, Poland in 1926. He describes the town, his family and education; fleeing to a farm during the German invasion; increasingly harsh conditions; a mass shooting in September 1942; transport to P?asow with his father and cousin; frequent killings; their escape to the Krako?w ghetto, then Charsznica; and his father (whom he never saw again) sending him to a labor collection to escape transport. Mr. S. recalls moving between P?asow and the ghetto; surviving several times due to help from friends and a Jewish kapo; transfer to Mauthausen via Vienna; quarry labor; daily killings; transfer to St. Valentin's; aid from his foreman; transport to Ebensee; deteriorating conditions; and liberation on May 6th. He recounts meeting members of the Palestine Brigade; hoping to go to Palestine; six years in Italy and Austria where he completed his education; and emigration to the United States in 1955. He reflects on his recent trip to Europe to visit concentration camps and his hometown.

Extent and Medium

3 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

  • S., Soloman, -- 1926-

Corporate Bodies

  • Płaszów (Concentration camp)
  • Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
  • Ebensee (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Child survivors.
  • Escapes.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Mass killings.
  • Mutual aid.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Concentration camp inmates -- Religious life.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Kraków.
  • Forced labor.
  • Fathers and sons.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Quarries and quarrying.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Ried im Innkreis (Austria : Refugee camp)
  • Graz (Austria)
  • Rome (Italy)
  • St. Valentin (Austria : Concentration camp)
  • Kraków ghetto.
  • Poland.
  • Charsznica (Poland)
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Bari (Italy)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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