Nat G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Nat G., who was born in Pabiance, Poland in 1922. He recounts German invasion in 1939; fleeing to ?o?dz?; returning home; expropriation of his father's factory; working there; ghettoization in 1940; his father's appointment to the Judenrat; liquidation of the ghetto in 1942; selection with his family to remain behind to clean the empty ghetto; transfer to ?o?dz? ghetto; forced factory labor; their deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau in 1944; separation from his mother and sisters; seeing victims of medical experiments; separation from his brother and father after volunteering for transfer and being sent to Braunschwieg; slave labor in a factory; assistance from a civilian engineer; a death march, then train transfer to Ravensbru?ck; cannibalism; liberation with a small group by the Swedish Red Cross; transport by train; Germans redirecting the train to Wo?bbelin; cannibalism; liberation by United States troops; choosing not to kill a German when given the opportunity; traveling to Bergen-Belsen, then Feldafing displaced persons camps; reunion with his brother; learning of his parents and sisters' deaths; contact from an uncle in the United States; and emigration with his brother to the U.S. in June 1949. Mr. G. notes marrying a woman in Brazil in 1969; sharing his experiences with his daughter; and publicly speaking about his experiences.
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
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People
- G., Nat, -- 1922-
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
- Braunschweig (Concentration camp)
- Svenska röda korset.
- Wöbbelin (Concentration camp)
- DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
- Feldafing (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Human experimentation in medicine.
- Revenge.
- Brothers.
- Fathers and sons.
- Refugee camps.
- Death marches.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Postwar experiences.
- Jewish councils.
- Forced labor.
- Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
- Jews -- Poland -- Pabianice.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Pabianice (Poland)
- Pabianice ghetto.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Łódź ghetto.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat