Al and Joseph B. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2833
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Al and Joseph B., who were born in Proszowice, Poland. They discuss people who collaborated with the Germans; the tragedy of Jews deported from France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, whom they viewed as not "coping" well in the camps; and executions and humiliation in Graz and Jawischowitz. Joseph B. describes a trip with his son to Poland in the early 1980s.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (betacam sp)

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

  • Related material: Al B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2831), 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

People

  • B., Al, -- 1918-
  • B., Joseph, -- 1923-

Corporate Bodies

  • Jawischowitz (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Poland.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Concentration camp -- Psychological aspects.

Places

  • Graz (Austria : Concentration camp)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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