Julius J. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Julius J., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1927. He describes German occupation; immediate anti-Jewish acts; his parents sending him and his sister to Warsaw thinking it would be safer; returning to ?o?dz? due to homesickness; ghettoization; forced labor, starvation and round-ups; deportation of the sick, elderly, and children in 1942; hiding when the ghetto was liquidated in 1944; their capture; and deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau. Mr. J. recalls separation from all his family except his brother; forced labor; his brother's continuous efforts to save him; their transfer to several labor camps in Germany in late 1944; train transport in the spring of 1945 to several camps ending at Wo?bbelin; and liberation by United States troops. He discusses his autobiographical book and reads his poetry.
Extent and Medium
2 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
- J., Julius, -- 1927-
Corporate Bodies
- Wöbbelin (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poetry.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Forced labor.
- Brothers.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Hiding.
- Child survivors.
- Mutual aid.
Places
- Łódź ghetto.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Łódź (Poland)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat