David W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of David W., who was born in Poland in 1918, one of six children. He recalls his family's extreme poverty; Soviet occupation in 1939; draft into the Soviet military; fighting against the Germans; discharge; deportation to Siberia for forced labor; escape after two years; military service; being wounded near Warsaw in 1945; briefly returning home, seeking relatives (no one survived); traveling to ?o?dz? where there were other Jews, then to Germany; living in Ainring and Lechfeld displaced persons camps; marriage in 1948; and emigration to join relatives in the United States in 1949. Mr. W. notes Jews were treated as equals in the Soviet army. He shows photographs.
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
- W., David, -- 1918-
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Soviet occupation.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Soviet.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Soviet Union.
- Forced labor -- Soviet Union.
Places
- Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Siberia (Russia)
- Lechfeld (Germany : Refugee camp)
- Ainring (Germany : Refugee camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat