Mordka K. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Mordka K., who was born in Zdun?ska Wola, Poland, in 1921. Mr. K. tells of his childhood in a religious home; local Jews' disbelief of conditions in Germany related by Zbaszyn? deportees; fleeing to ?o?dz? during the German invasion; return home; being rounded-up and imprisoned at Sieradz in November 1939; release; and telling his family of his decision to escape to the Soviet zone. He recounts abuse by Germans while crossing the border at Ma?kinia; going to Bia?ystok; living with other refugees in Volkovysk; arrest in spring 1940; deportation to a Siberian labor camp; and learning survival techniques from longtime Russian inmates. He recalls joining the Polish army in mid-1941; training in the Caucasus, then Persia; rumors of persecution in Poland; transfer to Palestine in 1944; disbanding and dispersal of his Jewish unit among Polish units; deserting after his reunion with friends and relatives; marriage; going to Paris in 1945; reunion with his sole surviving brother; return to Poland in 1948 to seek restitution of his family's property; departure in 1957 for Israel; and emigration to America in 1959. Mr. K. reflects on the deaths of six million Jews and the enormous loss to the Jewish community and the world.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)