Leslie S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3056
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Leslie S., who was born in Ma?te?szalka, Hungary in 1927. He recounts his orthodox family life; childhood antisemitic harassment; inability to continue his education due to the Jewish quota; German invasion in March 1944; implementation of anti-Jewish policies; ghettoization; his father's deportation (he never saw him again); transport to Birkenau; selection for work; transfer to Auschwitz; forced labor; evacuation to Mauthausen in January 1945; loss of toes due to frost bite; hiding in the camp hospital with assistance from a fellow prisoner; liberation by United States troops; a month's recovery at an army hospital; traveling to Germany seeking surviving family; returning home in July; reunion with his sister, an uncle, and aunt; learning his parents had perished; moving to Vienna, then Germany; living in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; working for the Joint; and emigration to Canada. Mr. S. discusses his lost childhood; the impact of persistent memories; and visiting his sister in Hungary.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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

  • S., Leslie, -- 1927-

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
  • Birkenau (Concentration camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
  • Mauthausen (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- Hungary -- Mátészalka.
  • Forced labor.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Child survivors.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Hospitals in concentration camps.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Postwar effects.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Hungary.
  • Mátészalka (Hungary)
  • Mátészalka ghetto.
  • Vienna (Austria)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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