Sol U. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Sol U., who was born in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland in 1926, one of six children. He recounts his family's poverty; their moving to Romania in 1928, then to Borek Fa?e?ck in 1933; attending cheder in Podgo?rze; antisemitic harassment; German invasion in 1939; anti-Jewish restrictions; forced factory labor; ghettoization in Krako?w; working in Oskar Schindler's factory in 1942; Schindler protecting his Jewish workers when the ghetto was liquidated in March 1943; deportation of Mr. U.'s family (he never saw them again); transfer to P?aszo?w; public hangings; living in Schindler's factory; transfer back to P?aszo?w, then to Gross-Rosen in September 1944; transfer to Schindler's factory in Bru?nnlitz seven days later; working as a carpenter in Schindler's villa; smuggling food to fellow prisoners; Schindler's departure; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Krako?w; antisemitism; traveling to Czechoslovakia with a friend, then to Germany in September 1945; living in Bamberg displaced persons camp; working for UNRRA; meeting his future wife; emigration to the United States; marriage in 1950; and the births of three children. Mr. U. discusses his profound sadness returning home after liberation; his successful business; the humane atmosphere at Schindler's factory; and visiting P?aszo?w, Auschwitz, Os?wie?cim (his father's hometown) and Nowy Sa?cz (his wife's hometown) with his family in 1971.

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