Nathan L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Nathan L., who was born in Pilica, Poland in 1910. He recalls moving to Sosnowiec; training as a shoemaker (his father's trade); marriage and the birth of a son and daughter; his wife's death prior to the war; German invasion in 1939; forced labor; and transfer to Breslau. Mr. L. describes conditions in Breslau; receiving packages from his family for about a year; being assigned to work as a shoemaker by a friend, to which he attributes his survival; and learning of the deaths of his children. He relates incarceration in many camps including Breslau-Neukirch, Gross Rosen, Fu?nfteichen (where he worked in a Krupp armaments factory), Marksta?dt, Dachau, and Buchenwald (where he buried photographs of his children which he never found); liberation from a train in Bavaria by United States troops on May 5, 1945; life in Feldafing; marriage and the birth of his son; emigration to the United States in 1945; establishing a family business; and the birth of his second son. Mr. L. discusses the importance of luck and being a shoemaker to his survival; his desire to return to Poland (his sons do not want him to make this trip); nightmares about the war years; and his "very long story."
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
- L., Nathan, -- 1910-
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Feldafing (Displaced persons camp)
- Markstädt (Concentration camp)
- Gross Rosen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Nightmares.
- Refugee camps.
- Forced labor.
- Children -- Death.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Men.
Places
- Fünfteichen (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Breslau-Neukirch (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
- Pilica (Poland)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc