David D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of David D., who was born in Olkusz, Poland in 1920. He recalls German invasion in 1939; anti-Jewish measures; volunteering to meet his family's labor quota; deportation to Geppersdorf; building the Reichsautobahn for over a year; transfer to Brande where he found his brother; transfer to an I.G. Farben camp where his brother died; transfer to Marksta?dt, where an engineer provided extra food; working in an ammunition factory in Sudetenland, then another camp where civilian workers provided extra food; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. D. recounts the arrival of women from another camp; Soviet officers preventing soldiers from molesting the women; fleeing to Prague, then Regen, Germany; meeting his future wife; marriage; emigrating to the United States in 1946; and assistance from HIAS.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
- D., David, -- 1920-
Corporate Bodies
- HIAS (Agency)
- MarkstaĚdt (Concentration camp)
- Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Brothers.
- Postwar experiences.
- Mutual aid.
- Aid by non-Jews.
Places
- Geppersdorf (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Brande (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Poland.
- Olkusz (Poland)
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Regen (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat