Jacob O. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Jacob O., who was born in S?awko?w, Poland in 1921. He recalls growing up in an assimilated family; German invasion; mass killings; fleeing to Olsztyn with his family; returning to S?awko?w; ghettoization; forced labor; his brother volunteering to replace a young father for deportation in January 1940 (he was killed in a camp); arranging a hiding place for his parents with help from a non-Jewish friend; escaping with his family to Strzemieszyce; forced labor in Sagan; his sister arranging a privileged job in the kitchen for him with help from a German; working as a Blocka?ltester's secretary in Kittlitztreben; death marches to Buchenwald and Flossenbu?rg in February 1945; transfer to Dachau; and liberation by United States troops in April 1945. Mr. O. describes recovering in a hospital; living in Neufreimann; returning to S?awko?w; finding his sisters in Bohemia; traveling to Munich with them; attending an UNRRA school for displaced persons; marriage in 1949; emigration to the United States; and founding a successful business. He discusses the importance of being with his sister in Sagan and identifying a war criminal and testifying at his trial.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)