Philip B. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Philip B., who was born in Izbica, Poland in 1929. This testimony includes and expands upon information from an earlier testimony [HVT-198]. Mr. B. recounts prewar antisemitism; his arrival in Sobibo?r; his brother's privileged position as a pharmacist, to which Mr. B. attributes his survival; forced labor sorting clothing of the Jews who were gassed; escape attempts and subsequent public executions; prisoners conspiring to kill a kapo who allied himself with the camp administration; revenge on the camp staff during the prisoner uprising in October 1943; help from non-Jewish villagers after escaping with his brother; hostility from some of the local population; detention in Zembrzyce after Soviet liberation in 1944; being robbed and beaten by members of Armia Krajowa in Lublin; traveling to Germany; living in a displaced persons camp near Berlin and then Heidenheim; and emigration to the United States in 1950. Mr. B. discusses his several visits to Sobibo?r; sharing his experiences with his children; giving talks to students; and frequent nightmares.

4 videocassettes