Morris B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Morris B., who was born in Zambro?w, Poland in 1926. One of three brothers, he describes his large, extended family; German occupation in September 1939, followed by Soviet occupation; his continued school attendance; German invasion in June 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; his father's round-up by German troops (they never saw him again); collection of all Jews in August; mass killing of the elderly outside of town and ghettoization of the remainder; forced labor; transfer in November 1942 to an abandoned Polish army barrack; his escape and discovery one week later; and transport to Auschwitz. Mr. B. recalls seeing his family for the last time when leaving the train; being tattooed (#87601) in Birkenau; building the crematoria and gas chambers; the constant smell of death and the red skies resulting from the crematoria fires; liquidation of Jews from Hungary, ?o?dz?, Theresienstadt and the Romanies; transfer to Kaufering; and liberation by American troops. He relates living in displaced camps in Germany and Italy; emigration to Canada; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mr. B. discusses the importance of freedom; his desire to tell others about his past and their discomfort at hearing it; and his wish that his children and grandchildren see his tape.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- B., Morris, -- 1926-
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Kaufering (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Poland : Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Mass killings.
- Soviet occupation.
- Child survivors.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jews -- Poland -- Zambrów.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Zambrów ghetto.
- Zambrów (Poland)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc