Morris R. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Morris R., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1922. He recalls ghettoization; forced labor; hunger; selections and deportations; his mother's death in 1941; transfer to Cze?stochowa; prisoners sharing food and assisting each other to meet production quotas; and transfer to Buchenwald. Mr. R. describes forced labor for HASAG; Allied bombings; carrying corpses; assistance from priests who were prisoners; a death march; his "safe" job pulling the officers' wagon; a local man preventing the guards from killing the prisoners; and liberation by American troops. He recounts recuperating; living in the Feldafing displaced persons camp; emigrating to Israel, then in 1965 to the United States; and subsequent visits to concentration camps and ?o?dz?. Mr. R. discusses health problems resulting from his experience and numerous details of atrocities and brutalities committed against Jews in the ghetto and camps.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)
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
- R., Morris, -- 1922-
Corporate Bodies
- Częstochowa (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Forced labor.
- Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Death marches.
- Mutual aid.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Jewish ghettos.
Places
- Łódź ghetto.
- Feldafing (Germany : Refugee camp)
- Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc