Tadeusc D. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Tadeusc D., a Roman Catholic, who was born in ?uko?w, Poland in 1921. He recalls growing up in ?uko?w, Kock, and Torun?; separation from Jews in elementary school; admiring the vitality of the Jewish community; antisemitic incidents; German invasion in 1939; arrest of Polish leaders; anti-Jewish measures; printing leaflets for the underground with his brother; their arrest; interrogations in Warzyn; transfer to prison in Lublin where he and his brother were sentenced to death; their transfer to Auschwitz in January 1941, and several weeks later to Flossenbu?rg; forced labor; his brother's execution; hospitalization; recovering from typhus with help from friends; and liberation by United States troops in April 1945. Mr. D. describes marriage in a displaced persons camp in Germany; moving to Belgium; and emigrating to the United States. He discusses the importance of making quick decisions, belonging to a group, and humor to survival; his terror and sense of emptiness in concentration camps; not knowing about the mass killing of Jews; his "split world-view" and the ever present pain of camp survivors; recurring nightmares; reluctance to share his experiences with his children; and aspiring to write about Polish-Jewish relations.

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