Henry H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Henry H., who was born in Zawiercie, Poland, in 1919. Mr. H. describes his youth in a family of eight children; German occupation of Zawiercie; implementation of antisemitic measures; ghettoization in 1941; deportation of some 2,000 Jews (including his mother and a brother) in 1942; hiding in the ghetto; and his deportation to Birkenau with other family members in August 1943. He recounts the selection resulting in the deaths of his sisters; transport with a brother to Fu?nfteichen; posing as an electrician; suffering from extreme hunger; receiving smuggled food from his brother; an SS man who helped prolong his recuperative stay in the infirmary; antisemitism of other prisoner groups; transfer with his brother to Ebensee in early 1945; and his brother's death on liberation day. He recalls living with another brother in Munich after the war; visiting the United States in 1950; returning to Munich in 1951 to marry; and returning permanently to New York in 1952.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- H., Henry, -- 1919-
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Ebensee (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Mutual aid.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Jews -- Poland -- Zawiercie.
- Forced labor.
- Family.
- Jewish ghettos.
Places
- FuĚnfteichen (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Zawiercie (Poland)
- Zawiercie ghetto.
- Poland.
- Munich (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc