Salo F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Salo F., who was born in Poland in 1919. He recalls attending a yeshiva; German invasion; ghettoization; public hangings to discourage escapes; arrest following a failed escape (he never saw his parents or siblings again); incarceration in Auschwitz and Flossenbu?rg; a beating which resulted in permanent back injuries; transfer to Dachau; liberation two days later; living in Munich; assistance from the Joint and UNRRA; marriage to an Auschwitz survivor; living in Bayreuth; his son's birth in 1947; his strong desire to leave Germany; and emigrating to Bolivia in 1953. Mr. F. notes it is too painful for him to discuss the camps; frequent nightmares; and the exposure of Klaus Barbie, whom he saw a number of times
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (hi8)
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
- Barbie, Klaus, -- 1913-1991.
- F., Salo, -- 1919-
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
- FlossenbuĚrg (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Escapes.
- Forced labor.
- Nightmares.
- Postwar experiences.
- Postwar effects.
Places
- Munich (Germany)
- Poland.
- Bayreuth (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat