Mor L. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3387
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Mor L., who was born in Davyd-Haradok, Russia (presently Belarus) in 1917, one of seven children. He recounts attending cheder, then a Hebrew school; participating in Hashomer Haleumi; living with a sister in Vilnius to attend a Polish gymnasium beginning in 1931; two sisters emigrating to Palestine; beginning university studies in chemistry; antisemitic harassment; a humiliating beating by Endecja members; Soviet occupation in 1939; completing university; a futile attempt to obtain emigration papers in Kaunus; returning to Vilnius; German invasion in June 1941; forced railroad labor; disbelief that Jews were being shot at Paneriai; ghettoization; slowly realizing that mass killings were occurring at Paneriai; joining a Jewish resistance (FPO) cell under Chaim Lazar; working for the Judenrat under Josef Glazer, an FPO leader; rejecting an offer from a non-Jewish friend to be hidden; obtaining weapons; escaping with Alexander B. and Nisan R. to join partisans in the forest in fall 1943; serving in Fëdor Markov's unit; battles with Germans; receiving weapons from the Soviets; and difficulties with antisemitic partisans.

Extent and Medium

15 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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: Nisan R. Holocaust testimony [friend} (HVT-3193), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • Markov, Fëdor Grigorʹevich, -- 1913-1958. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015014354
  • Glazman, Josef, -- approximately 1908-1943. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015050807
  • Lazar Litai, Chaim, -- 1914-1997. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83175635
  • Bogen, Alexander. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90632442
  • L., Mor, -- 1917-

Corporate Bodies

  • Narodowa Demokracja (Political party : Poland) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85083935
  • Leipheim (Displaced persons camp) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014151255
  • Fareyniḳṭe parṭizaner organizatsye (Vilnius, Lithuania) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003112377

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95007077
  • Forced labor. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518
  • Jewish councils. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070271
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belarus. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113904
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148517
  • Jews -- Lithuania -- Vilnius. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008122393
  • Men. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510
  • Video tapes. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214
  • Holocaust survivors. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Postwar effects.
  • Forests.
  • Partisans.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Public opinion -- Israel. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110225
  • Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068706
  • Refugee camps. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87007802
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Public opinion. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105740
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Nightmares. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091914
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.

Places

  • Palestine -- Emigration and immigration. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097165
  • Łódź (Poland) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80093570
  • Vilna ghetto.
  • Davyd-Haradok (Belarus) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86064345
  • Russia. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80001203
  • Kaunas (Lithuania) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81089100
  • Vilnius (Lithuania) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82166208
  • Lʹviv (Ukraine) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80089801
  • Vileĭka (Minskai︠a︡ voblastsʹ, Belarus) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78059142

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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