Eugene F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Eugene F., who was born in Leles, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1925, one of five children. He recounts his family's orthodoxy; his father's death in 1929; completing high school; learning tailoring; Hungarian occupation in 1940; deportation to Sa?toraljau?jhely ghetto in March 1944, then to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from his mother and aunt (they were gassed immediately); transfer to Buna/Monowitz with his younger brother; slave labor for I.G. Farben; receiving extra food from a kapo; sharing food with his brother; public hangings of escapees and a few men who smuggled weapons; Allied bombings; encouragement from a Soviet POW; a death march and train transport to Buchenwald; separation from his brother; piles of corpses; frequent beatings; a death march to Flossenbu?rg, then another two weeks later; assisting his cousin; escaping; liberation by United States troops; a friend killing Germans for revenge; living in Windsheim and Ulm displaced persons camps; reunion with a first cousin; moving to the Hague with assistance from a Jewish organization; working as a tailor; emigration to the United States; marriage; and serving in the Korean War. Mr. F. discusses the fates of his siblings (one sister was killed, the others survived); questioning his belief in God, then learning to maintain his faith; and visiting Leles and his father's grave in Uz?h?horod. He shows photographs.
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes (betacam sp)
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- F., Eugene, -- 1925-
Corporate Bodies
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
- Monowitz (Concentration camp)
- Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft.
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Hungary -- Sátoraljaújhely.
- Forced labor.
- Brothers.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Concentration camp inmates -- Family relationships.
- Revenge.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Death marches.
- Faith.
- Escapes.
- Friendship.
- Child survivors.
- Refugee camps.
- Mutual aid.
- Hungarian occupation.
Places
- Czechoslovakia.
- Hague (Netherlands)
- Leles (Slovakia)
- Sátoraljaújhely ghetto.
- Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
- Windsheim (Germany : Refugee camp)
- Ulm (Germany : Refugee camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat