Joseph A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3040
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Joseph A., who was born in Poland in 1921. He recalls moving to Radom in the late 1920s; pervasive antisemitism; becoming a tinsmith; discussions with Jews fleeing from Germany; German invasion; round-up of Jews for forced labor; ghettoization; forced labor in a munitions factory; liquidation of the small ghetto in 1942; mass killings; having to bury the dead in mass graves; frequent selections; a forced march to Krako?w in summer 1944; train transport to Auschwitz; transfer to Vaihingen an der Enz; harsh conditions and brutal guards; witnessing cannibalism by Russian POWs; frequent Allied bombings; clearing bombing rubble in Stuttgart; liberation by French troops; receiving help from Americans; and emigrating to Canada. Mr. A. discusses frequent disturbing memories and sharing his experiences with his children. He expresses strong opinions about the Holocaust.

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

  • A., Joseph, -- 1921-

Corporate Bodies

  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
  • Concentration camps -- Sociological aspects.
  • Cannibalism.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Mass killings.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Postwar effects.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie)
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Survivor-child relations.

Places

  • Poland.
  • Radom ghetto.
  • Vaihingen an der Enz (Germany : Concentration camp)
  • Stuttgart (Germany)
  • Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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