Meir V. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Meir V., who was born in Vilna, Poland in 1926. He details his pleasant childhood in a cultured home; Soviet occupation in 1939; German occupation in 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; his father's essential job which saved their lives; ghettoization; mass killings in Ponary; frequent aktions; smuggling food; participation with his younger sister in organized cultural and educational activities; hiding with his father during the ghetto's liquidation in September 1943; discovery; separation from his family; and deportation. Mr. V. describes escaping from the train; hiding in several places; living in the Keilis factory near Vilna; deportation to Kaiserwald in 1944; slave labor at Dundangen; transport to Stutthof, Buchenwald and Gelsenkirchen; working in a steel factory; receiving food from a German worker; allied bombing which destroyed the factory; transfer to Buchenwald, then Theresienstadt; and liberation by Soviet troops. He recounts reunion with his mother and sister in ?o?dz?; learning his father had been killed; going west with assistance from Brih?ah; living in a displaced persons camp near Frankfurt; and emigration to the United States. Mr. V. reflects on his emotional states during particular times; plays recordings of partisan songs; and shows his art work.

3 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)