Jacob F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Jacob F., who was born in ?o?dz? , Poland in 1924. He describes family Shabbat observance; his father's shoemaking shop; attending public and Hebrew schools; active participation in the Bund; learning the weaving trade; German-Jewish refugees asking for charity; German invasion; ghettoization; participating in the clandestine distribution of news by the Bund; pervasive hunger; poor sanitary conditions; frequent round-ups and deportations; deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944; separation from his family upon arrival; transfer to Dachau in September; forced labor; frequent selections; evacuation by train; liberation by United States troops; a year's hospitalization; living at Feldafing displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States; marriage during a visit to Argentina; and remaining there.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (vhs)
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
- F., Jacob, -- 1924-
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Allgemeyner Idisher arbayṭerbund in Liṭa, Poylen un Rusland.
- Feldafing (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Poland.
- Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
- Refugee camps.
- Forced labor.
- Postwar experiences.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Places
- Łódź ghetto.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat