Harry K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Harry K., who was born in Otynya, Poland in 1919. He recalls his childhood in Zablotow; his older brother's service in the Polish military; supporting his parents from age fourteen on; the outbreak of war in 1939; Soviet occupation; forced labor; being drafted into the Soviet army in 1940; transfer to Cheliabinsk; attending a military school; service in Manchuria and Leningrad; assignments building bridges and as a traffic regulator near Moscow; transfer to the Polish army in spring 1944; serving in W?odawa, then Tomaszo?w Mazowiecki; learning his family had been murdered during the war; discharge in April 1946; marriage in June; and emigration to the United States in 1952.
Extent and Medium
2 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
- K., Harry, -- 1919-
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Soviet occupation.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Soviet.
- Draft -- Soviet Union.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland)
- Włodawa (Poland)
- Zabolotiv (Ukraine)
- Otynii︠a︡ (Ukraine)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat