Mark T. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1004
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Mark T., who was born in Lwo?w, Poland in 1919. He recounts emigration of two of his five siblings in the 1930s; ethnic tensions including antisemitism; Soviet occupation; being drafted into the Soviet air force in 1940; serving in Voronezh; returning home due to illness; German invasion in June 1941; help from an Ukrainian friend; deportation to Janikowo in 1942; working as the doctor's assistant thus avoiding hard labor; receiving extra food from Polish kitchen workers; escape to his hometown; incarceration and escaping twice again; hiding in a forest bunker with his sister when all Jews were evacuated from the town; receiving assistance from Poles and Ukrainians; liberation by Soviet troops; hearing antisemitic remarks; traveling to Austria, then Germany; studying dentistry; marriage; and emigration to join his sister in the United States.

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

  • T., Mark, -- 1919-

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Bunkers.
  • Forests.
  • Hiding.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Escapes.
  • Draft -- Soviet Union.
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Brothers and sisters.
  • Antisemitism -- Postwar.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.

Places

  • L'viv (Ukraine)
  • Voronezh (Russia)
  • Poland.
  • Germany.
  • Janikowo (Poland : Concentration camp)
  • Lwów (Poland)
  • L'vov (Ukraine)
  • Austria.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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