David S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2792
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of David S., who was born in Thessalonike?, Greece in 1916, one of five children. He recalls attending a Jewish school; his large extended family; working at his family's grocery business; one sister's emigration to Israel; German occupation; forced labor; marriage; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his family; transfer to Buna/Monowitz; his sister sending him food (she was a block commander); returning to Thessalonike? after liberation; learning only he and his sister had survived the camps; reopening his family's business; his sister's emigration to join their sister in Israel; remarriage to a woman who had been hidden by non-Jews; and the births of four children.

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

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