Israel G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1340
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Israel G., who was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1928. He recalls childhood in an observant home; Soviet occupation; German invasion in 1941; fleeing with his family to Latvia; witnessing many killings in Daugavpils; returning to Kovno; observing blood-stained streets resulting from pogroms; ghettoization; frequent brutal killings and beatings; and deportation with his family in 1943 to Stutthof. He recounts parting from his mother; transport with his father and brother to Dachau; arduous work constructing cement bunkers; reassignment tending the soldiers' quarters; sharing extra food with his father and brother; the death march in April 1945 from which they were liberated; meeting General Eisenhower in Feldafing; marriage in 1953; emigration to the United States with his parents; and later sponsoring his brother. Mr. G. conveys many specific details of incidents in the ghetto and camps.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

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

  • G., Israel, -- 1928-
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- (Dwight David), -- 1890-1969.

Corporate Bodies

  • Feldafing (Displaced persons camp)
  • Dachau (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Fathers and sons.
  • Brothers.
  • Family.
  • Jews -- Lithuania -- Kaunas.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Child survivors.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Concentration camp inmates -- Family relationships.
  • Pogroms.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Refugee camps.

Places

  • Kovno ghetto.
  • Daugavpils (Latvia)
  • Kovno (Lithuania)
  • Lithuania.
  • Kaunas (Lithuania)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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