David S. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of David S., who was born in Volove?, Czechoslovakia (presently Mizh?h?ir?i?a?, Ukraine) in 1919 to an affluent family of seven children. He recounts cordial relations with Czechs; antisemitic harassment by Russians; learning upholstering in Ostrava; returning home; working in his father's business; Hungarian occupation; forced service in a Hungarian labor battalion; returning home due to his father's bribes; hiding to avoid conscription again; being sent to a labor camp in Kolochava in spring 1943; transfer to Khust that fall, then to the interior of Russia in winter; forced retreats ending in Kiev, Poland, then Sze?kesfehe?rva?r, Hungary in 1945; arrest by Soviets as a Hungarian soldier; transfer to Finland with other POWs; escaping from a transport train on route to Romania; traveling to Budapest; locating a surviving brother; reunion with him in Prague; living with another brother in Liberec; meeting his future wife; and emigrating to the United States in 1948 with assistance from HIAS. Mr. S. notes his mother died before the war; his father and two brothers were killed; and sharing his experiences with his children. He shows photographs.

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