Isaac E. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Isaac E., who was born in ?uko?w, Poland in 1916. He recalls moving to Baranowicze when he was seven; attending religious school; military enlistment in 1937; German invasion; returning to Baranowicze; Soviet occupation; confiscation of his father's shoe factory (he was designated a Kulak); German invasion; ghettoization; a mass killing including his mother, brother, and sister; forced labor in the ghetto; the Judenrat not allowing him to leave the ghetto to work; separation from his father and brothers; working for the SS making shoes; arranging a Jewish child's adoption by a Russian woman; transfer to Koldychevo; working as a shoemaker; meeting his future wife; escaping from the camp with other prisoners; hiding in a forest; liberation by Soviet troops; and emigrating to the United States in 1952. Mr. E. discusses his confidence that he would survive; nightmares resulting from the war years; sharing his experiences with his children; and identifying a war criminal, who continues to live in the United States, for Soviet officials.

2 videocassettes