Jack H. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Jack H., who was born in Ruscova, Romania in 1929, one of eight children. He recalls his family's affluence and orthodoxy; his father and four siblings emigrating to Palestine in 1935; his father's return with his youngest brother in 1938; attending public school and a cheder; Hungarian occupation; German invasion; ghettoization in Vis?eu de Sus; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; his parents' selection for gassing; remaining with three brothers; interactions with Jews from many countries; their transfer to Do?rnhau, then a slave labor camp in Silesia; beatings and starvation; becoming apathetic; transfer to Schotterwerk, then Flossenbu?rg; sorting clothing of the dead; "stealing" a belt, which he still has; a death march; his two older brothers being pulled aside as too weak (they were shot); liberation by United States troops; being sent with his brother to Southampton; living in a hostel in Manchester; attending an ORT school; establishing a business; marriage; and raising two children. Mr. H. discusses the indescribable effects of hunger; visiting his family home with his wife; indifference to religion, though observing traditions for his children; his Zionism; and believing Holocaust survivors are not "normal" as a result of their traumatic experiences.

3 videocassettes