Boris W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Boris W., who was born in Lwo?w, Poland. He recounts living in Zalozhtsy; friendly relations with non-Jews; Soviet occupation in 1939; housing a Soviet official; German invasion in June 1941; hiding during round-ups of Jewish men; briefly working for the German Army; hiding with his wife in a bunker located in the nearby forest; discovery by two Ukrainian boys; hiding with local acquaintances; discovery; transfer to a concentration camp from which he soon escaped; hiding with his father and wife; being joined by two brothers; liberation by Soviet troops; his brothers' and father's deaths during the German counterattack; antisemitism while working for the Soviet military; returning to Lwo?w; working for a railroad company; moving to Krako?w; and emigration to Israel in 1959 resulting from an accusation of illegally dealing in a foreign currency, then emigration to Canada.
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
- W., Boris.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Fathers and sons.
- Husband and wife.
- Brothers.
- Forced labor.
- Bunkers.
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Zalozhtsy (Ukraine)
- L'viv (Ukraine)
- Israel.
- Poland.
- Escapes.
- Postwar experiences.
- Antisemitism -- Postwar.
- Soviet occupation.
- Forests.
Places
- Lemberg (Poland)
- LwoĚw (Poland)
- L'vov (Ukraine)
- KrakoĚw (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat