Tibor B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Tibor B., who was born in Sa?toraljau?jhely, Hungary in 1924. He describes his family's move to O?zd in 1931; attending high school in Putnok; his perception that the effects of the war were limited until 1944; German occupation in March 1944; serving in a labor battalion with his brothers; his parents' deportation; a failed escape attempt; a forced march toward Austria; transport to Buchenwald, then Schlieben; forced labor in a munitions factory; receiving food from non-Jewish prisoners; punishment for exchanging numbers with another prisoner, in order to join his brothers' transport (he never saw them again); evacuation to Theresienstadt; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. B. recalls being arrested by Soviet troops while traveling home; release by a Jewish officer; staying with a non-Jewish family in Budapest; attempting to recover family property; futile attempts to emigrate; marriage in 1956; smuggling themselves from Gyo?r to Vienna; and emigration to Canada. He discusses sharing his experiences with his daughter.
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
- B., Tibor, -- 1924-
Corporate Bodies
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Schlieben (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Brothers.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Putnok (Hungary)
- Ózd (Hungary)
- Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary)
- Hungary.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Győr (Hungary)
- Budapest (Hungary)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat