Morris R. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Morris R., who was born in Kielce, Poland in 1914. He describes his orthodox family; attending a selective Polish school; antisemitic incidents, particularly by members of Endecja; serving in the Polish military from 1935 to 1937; mobilization five days before the German invasion; retreating to ?o?dz?, Warsaw, then Tomaszow Lubelski; a last stand against German troops; posing as a civilian and fleeing to Lublin; brief imprisonment; traveling to Pu?awy, then Radom; and returning to Kielce. Mr. R. recounts reunion with his family; hiding to avoid forced labor; arranging to work with his father and two brothers as carpenters to avoid deportation; and liquidation of the ghetto on August 20, 1942 (he never saw his parents and youngest brother again).
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
- R., Morris, -- 1914-
Corporate Bodies
- Narodowa Demokracja (Political party : Poland)
Subjects
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Forced labor.
- Draft -- Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- Jews -- Poland -- Kielce.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Poland.
- Lublin (Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Łódź (Poland)
- Kielce ghetto.
- Kielce (Poland)
- Tomaszow Lubelski (Poland)
- Puławy (Poland)
- Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat