Simon D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Simon D., who was born in Mukacheve, Czechoslovakia in 1922. He recalls his family's Hasidism; Hungarian occupation in 1938; anti-Jewish laws; joining a resistance group which provided false papers; hearing of atrocities in Poland; a non-Jewish policeman warning him he was on a list for forced labor; fleeing to Budapest in 1943 (he never saw his family again); working in a Jewish hospital; posing as a non-Jew using false papers; receiving correspondence from his family; German occupation in March 1944; conscription into a labor battalion; assembling in Ja?szbere?ny; transport to Reteag; working as an assistant to a doctor; retreating to Hungary, then Austria; escaping with another prisoner in spring 1945; posing as non-Jews; working for a farmer; liberation by Soviet troops in May 1945; the farmer's anger upon learning he was Jewish; traveling to Budapest; reunion with an aunt; and traveling to Romania. He shows photographs.
Extent and Medium
3 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
- D., Simon, -- 1922-
Subjects
- Hungarian occupation.
- Escapes.
- False papers.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Hungary.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Hungary.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Hiding.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Austria.
- Mukacheve (Ukraine)
- Budapest (Hungary)
- JaĚszbereĚny (Hungary)
- Reteag (Romania)
- Czechoslovakia.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat