Leon J. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1718
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Leon J., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1917. He recalls serving in the Polish army; German invasion; capture; forced labor as a POW; return to Poland in April 1940; ghettoization; obtaining a privileged position; deportation with his mother to Auschwitz in August 1944 (his two brothers remained behind); transfer to Braunschweig days later; slave labor in a car factory; train transport to Ravensbru?ck in February 1945, then to Ludwigslust in April; liberation by United States troops on May 2; living in a displaced persons camp; learning his brothers had survived; marriage; traveling to Bari, Italy; emigration to Israel in 1948; working in the food service industry; serving in the Sinai Campaign; and emigration with his wife and children to the United States in 1958 to join his brothers. Mr. J. discusses building a model of the ?o?dz? ghetto; his son's interest in the Holocaust; and his daughter's lack of interest.

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

  • J., Leon, -- 1917-

Corporate Bodies

  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • Braunschweig (Concentration camp)
  • Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
  • Ludwigslust (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
  • Forced labor.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Sinai Campaign, 1956.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Prisoners of war -- Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Polish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Bari (Italy)
  • Israel.
  • Łódź ghetto.
  • Poland.
  • Łódź (Poland)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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