Manuel G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1451
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Manuel G., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1908. He recalls working as a master weaver; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; ghettoization; starvation; his arrest and trial for smuggling food; forced labor in Radogoszcz and Schieratz; transfer to Auschwitz/Birkenau; organizing a textile factory; arrival of family members in a transport from ?o?dz? (his wife and children had already been killed) in September 1944; saving three of his sisters (the remainder of his family were killed); refusing to select prisoners for death resulting in a severe beating; a prisoner revolt; the death march to Oranienburg; transfer to Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, then Terezi?n; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. G. recounts returning to ?o?dz?; reunion with his sisters; marriage; living in displaced persons camps; and emigrating to the United States. He details many atrocities in the ghetto and camps and discusses the impossibility of escape due to hostility from the local population.

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: Celia M. Holocaust testimony [sister] (HVT-1453), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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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