Harry Z. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Harry Z., who was born in Zawiercie, Poland in 1919. He recalls growing up in a religious family, the fifth of eight children; his father's death when he was nine years old; participating in Hashomer Hatzair; German invasion; an unsuccessful attempt to flee; anti-Jewish measures; separation from his family when he was deported to Auenrode in October 1940 (he never saw them again); slave labor building roads; receiving packages from home until 1941; his experiences in Gross Sarne, Geppersdorf, and Klettendorf; liberation from Waldenburg by Soviet troops in April 1945; and returning to Zawiercie. Mr. Z. describes his depression as a result of learning none of his family had survived; marriage in Germany in February 1946; living in displaced persons camps, including Biberach; and emigration to the United States in 1950. Mr. Z. discusses his ever-present sense of loss and the importance of his involvement in the Zawiercie society. He shows family photographs.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)
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
- Z., Harry, -- 1919-
Corporate Bodies
- World Hashomer Hatzair.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Refugee camps.
- Postwar experiences.
- Postwar effects.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Auenrode (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Gross Sarne (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Geppersdorf (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Klettendorf (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Waldenburg (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Biberach (Germany : Refugee camp)
- Poland.
- Zawiercie (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat