Simon R. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Simon R., who was born in Ozorko?w, Poland in 1916 to an orthodox family of six children. He recalls his family moving between Ozorko?w and ?owicz; working from age ten; disbelief that anything bad would occur; opening a store near Ozorko?w in 1939; German invasion; fleeing to Ozorko?w; learning the Gestapo was looking for him; hiding in a village; returning to Ozorko?w; and three months in jail in ?e?czyca. Mr. R. tells of his return to Ozorko?w; his brother's arrest; ghettoization; forced labor; the community saving a boy from public hanging for not wearing the yellow star; classifying of all Jews; killing of the children and old women; transfer to the ?o?dz? ghetto; his privileged job as a fireman; liquidation of the ghetto; transfer to Auschwitz; losing his youngest brother in Birkenau; transfer to a labor camp; escape from a death march; help from German deserters; hiding in Plzen?; help from the Czechs; attempting to reach Palestine after liberation; arriving in Egypt instead; help from the Jewish community; and establishing a business in Egypt. Mr. R. reflects on his constant feeling of danger, and profound sadness as a result of his war experiences.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)