Daniel A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1478
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Daniel A., who was born in Radom, Poland in 1923, one of five brothers. He recalls German invasion in September 1939; anti-Jewish violence; forced labor; ghettoization in 1941; conversion to a labor camp after mass deportations; slave labor in a munitions factory; a death march in 1944; assisting his brother and future wife; train transport to Auschwitz; separation from his future wife; transfer with his brother to Vaihingen; slave labor in an underground factory; Italian POWs providing them with extra food; liberation by French troops in April 1945; recovery in a nearby town; living in Heidelberg, Bensheim, and Stuttgart displaced persons camps; assistance from the Joint; reunion with his future wife; marriage; and emigration to the United States via Bremerhaven in 1947. Mr. A. notes one of his brothers survived. He refers to the Radom Yizkor book.

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

  • A., Daniel, -- 1923-

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Brothers.
  • Prisoners of war -- Germany.
  • Forced labor.
  • Death marches.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Aid by non-Jews.

Places

  • Bremerhaven (Germany)
  • Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Heidelberg (Germany : Refugee camp)
  • Vaihingen (Germany : Concentration camp)
  • Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland : Concentration camp)
  • Radom ghetto.
  • Stuttgart (Germany : Refugee camp)
  • Bensheim (Germany : Refugee camp)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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