Joshua F. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Joshua F., who was born in Dubrovitsa, Poland (now Ukraine) in 1921. He recalls antisemitic incidents from his childhood leading to difficulties in school; working in the family business; Soviet occupation; working in Krivichi; returning to Dubrovitsa after the German invasion; forced labor; ghettoization; the role of the Judenrat; a brief forced transfer to Sarnopol? in 1942; being discovered while hiding from round-ups; deportation to Sarny with his father, sisters, and cousins; escaping alone from a mass killing; rejoining his mother and other siblings in hiding in Dubrovitsa; their escape to the forest; hiding with other Jews; help from some Ukrainian farmers; joining a Soviet partisan unit after the others were killed; losing much of his vision from an illness; and liberation. Mr. F. describes forced conscription into the Soviet army; efforts to escape; a trial in Moscow; imprisonment and forced labor; release in August 1945; reunion with his mother in Sarny; fleeing to West Germany; living in a displaced persons camp; and emigrating to the United States.

4 videocassettes