Daniel W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Daniel W., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1927. He recalls his family's strong Hungarian identity; deportation with his mother and brother to Birkenau in 1944; separation upon arrival (he never saw them again); taking the number of a dead man thus enabling his transfer from Birkenau to Auschwitz; slave labor; the death march to Gross-Rosen; clearing bombing rubble in Hannover; transfer to Dachau; train transport; being shot in the leg while escaping from the train with a friend; encountering United States troops; returning to Budapest; learning his immediate family all had perished; marriage in 1954; escape in 1956 during the revolution; and emigration to Canada. Mr. W. discusses return trips to Hungary, including one during which he visited Auschwitz. He shows photographs.
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., Daniel, -- 1927-
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Forced labor.
- Escapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Death marches.
Places
- Hungary.
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Hannover (Germany)
- Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Personal narratives.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat