Jacob S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1198
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Jacob S., who was born in Tomaszo?w Mazowiecki, Russia (presently Poland) in 1912, one of fourteen children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; attending cheder and a Polish school; a brother's emigration to France (he survived); working as a carpenter from age twelve; employment by a German who protected him after German invasion; escaping to Warsaw; a non-Jew conveying messages to and from his family; traveling to Czyz?ewo, then Bia?ystok in the Soviet-occupied zone; paying a non-Jew to bring his wife and daughter to him; moving to Cheli?a?binsk; continuing to work as a carpenter; suffering from hunger; receiving aid from the Joint; returning to Poland in 1945; learning none of his family had survived; visiting the Tomaszo?w Mazowiecki Jewish cemetary; his wife and daughter emigrating to Israel; joining them a year later; his surviving brother bringing him to the United States; and his wife and daughter joining him six months later.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (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

  • S., Jacob, -- 1912-

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Fathers and daughters.
  • Husband and wife.
  • Escapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Jewish refugees.
  • Postwar experiences.

Places

  • Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland)
  • Russia.
  • Cheli︠a︡binsk (Russia)
  • Białystok (Poland)
  • Czyżewo (Poland)
  • Warsaw (Poland)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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