David B. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1165
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of David B., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1919. He recalls pervasive antisemitism; belonging to the Zionist organization Gordonyah; German invasion; deportation for forced labor three weeks later; escaping from a train in 1940; returning home; transfer with his family to Kielce; ghettoization; deportation of most of his family to Treblinka; forced labor with his brother in Ludwikow; a German foreman who saved many Jews; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his brother and a later reunion; transfer with his brother two weeks later; bombings at Klinkerwerk; a death march from Sachsenhausen; desertion by their guards; joining a group of United States POWs; living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; marriage in 1947; and emigration to the United States in 1950. Mr. B. notes he was in many camps and memories that haunt him despite his efforts to forget.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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

  • B., David, -- 1919-

Corporate Bodies

  • DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
  • Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • Gordonyah--Makabi ha-tsaʻir (Association)

Subjects

  • Death marches.
  • Prisoners of war -- Germany.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Brothers.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Kielce.
  • Escapes.
  • Forced labor.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Kielce ghetto.
  • Kielce (Poland)
  • Klinkerwerk (Germany : Concentration camp)
  • Ludwikow (Kielce, Poland : Concentration camp)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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