Fiszel K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2370
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Fiszel K., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1911, the oldest of six children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; attending Polish school and yeshiva to age fourteen; pervasive antisemitism; working in his father's business and other jobs; becoming less religious; military service as a medic; marriage; his daughter's birth in 1937; military recall in 1939; discharge in Brest; traveling to Bia?ystok; meeting his brother; their deportation to Kyrgyzstan by the Soviet government; forced labor in Komi; release from labor camp; wandering the area; enlisting in the Polish army; his brother's military rejection; transfer to Iran, Iraq, Palestine, then Naples; participating in the battle of Monte Cassino; emigration to England; and becoming a presser in the garment industry. Mr. K. discusses locating his brother through the Red Cross; losing his belief in God due to the Holocaust; and the loss of his entire family except his brother. He shows photographs.

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

People

  • K., Fiszel, -- 1911-

Corporate Bodies

  • International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Polish.
  • Forced labor -- Soviet Union.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Children -- Death.
  • Faith.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944.
  • Brothers.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees.
  • Wife -- Death.
  • Postwar experiences.

Places

  • Brest (Belarus)
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Komi (Russia)
  • Białystok (Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Iran.
  • Kyrgyzstan.
  • Naples (Italy)
  • Iraq.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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