Jack G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2234
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Jack G., who was born in Che?m, Poland in 1924. He recalls living in Karolino?w; German invasion; Soviet occupation; re-entry of German soldiers; moving to the Soviet zone with his father and two siblings (his mother and four siblings remained in Che?m); living in Li?u?boml?, Kostopol?, then Kaunas; Lithuanian slaughter of Jews immediately prior to German invasion; detention in the Seventh Fort with his father and brother; his transfer to the Ninth Fort where he found his sister; their release; finding their brother; learning his father was killed; ghettoization; slave labor at an airport, then a forest; transfer with his brother to Kedainiai, Paneve?z?ys, Stutthof and Landsberg; working in an underground factory; his friend's suicide; slave labor in Kaufering; a death march to Dachau, and two weeks later, toward the Tyrol Mountains; liberation by United States troops; staying briefly in Bad To?lz; living in displaced persons camps in Munich, Feldafing, and Stuttgart; reunion with his sister; learning his mother and four other siblings had perished; and emigration to the United States. Mr. G. notes assistance from the Joint; marriage; his businesses; and children. He describes many details of concentration camp life.

Extent and Medium

3 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

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