Zygmund L. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Zygmund L., who was born in Rokitno Szlachekie, Poland in 1903, one of eight children. He recounts his family's World War I experiences; moving to ?azy; marriage; the births of two children; German invasion; fleeing east; sending his wife and children home; traveling toward the Soviet Union; encountering Germans in Wodzis?aw; turning toward home; brief incarceration in Zawiercie; returning home; hiding during round-ups; deportation with his brother to Ottmuth; receiving packages from his wife; transfers to Fu?nfteichen and Marksta?dt; a death march to Gross-Rosen; transfer to Buchenwald; sharing food with his brother; slave labor in camps as a brick-layer; transfer to a camp in Czechoslovakia; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; traveling to Munich; attending his brother's wedding in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; moving to Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; remarriage; his son's birth; and emigration to the United States in March 1949. Mr. L. discusses details of his father's businesses; the murders of his wife, children, mother, and other relatives in the Holocaust; permanent injuries resulting from his experiences; and his son's disinterest in his story.

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