Mark A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2608
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Mark A., who was born in Tarnopol, Poland in 1926. He recalls his family's move to Krako?w; learning of Kristallnacht from Jews expelled from Germany; membership in a Zionist organization; his mother's death in 1938; German invasion; an unsuccessful attempt to flee with his father; his escape from Lublin to Krako?w with assistance from local farmers; returning to Lublin to look for his father and brother; their deportation to the Be?z?yce ghetto in April 1941; working in a quarry; hiding with his father and brother during round-ups; the role of the Judenrat; mass killings during liquidation of the ghetto; deportation with his father and brother to Budzyn?; forced labor at a Messerschmitt factory; public executions; an unsuccessful group attempt to bake matzo; deportation with his father and brother to Majdanek in February 1943; the death march to Kras?nik in August 1944; an unsuccessful escape attempt; and transport with his father and brother to Auschwitz/Birkenau. Mr. A. describes separation from his father and brother during evacuation from Blechhammer; waking up in an Allied military hospital; reunion with his father and brother; traveling to Munich; his brother's and father's emigration to Israel; and emigrating to the United States in 1949.

Extent and Medium

3 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: Nathan A. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-113), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

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