Moses K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1353
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Moses K., who was born in Drohobych, Ukraine (then Poland) in 1918. He recalls leaving public school after third grade due to anti-Semitic treatment; working at odd jobs; visiting an uncle in Lv?iv after his bar mitzvah; traveling a circuitous route for months to Palestine with assistance from people in Constant?a, Budapest, Salonica, and I?zmir;imprisonment in Acre for illegally entering Palestine; transfer to a prison in Jerusalem; his release through the intercession of a rabbi; working for the British; stealing arms for the Haganah; working in several places; and enlisting in the Jewish Brigade of the British army. He recounts postings, beginning in 1941, in Egypt, Libya, and Greece; separation from his unit near Piraeus; capture by Germans; escape; hiding with a Greek-American woman and others for two years with aid from the underground; traveling to England; and emigration to the United States in 1945.

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

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