Alexander K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Alexander K., who was born in Sighet, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Romania) in 1909. He recalls his family's prominent printing business; their affluence; attending a Hungarian gymnasium, then Romanian, when Sighet became part of Romania after World War I; his bar mitzvah; marriage in 1941; his son's birth; draft into a Hungarian slave labor battalion; visits home; bringing food to fellow prisoners; escape; providing friends with false papers; German occupation in 1944; deportation of his wife, son, mother, and sisters (all were killed except one sister); hospitalization in Mukacheve using false papers; feigning illness; assistance from non-Jews; leaving the hospital in October 1944; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; and reunion with his brother. Mr. K. expresses gratitude to many non-Jews who assisted him. 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
- K., Alexander, -- 1909-
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Bar mitzvah.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Wife -- Death.
- False papers.
- Hungarian occupation.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Escapes.
- Children -- Death.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Hungary.
- Postwar experiences.
- Hiding.
- Mutual aid.
Places
- Mukacheve (Ukraine)
- Austria.
- Sighet (Romania)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat