Gregory K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3620
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Gregory K., who was born in Pleshchenit︠s︡y, Belarus in 1912. He describes becoming a blacksmith; antisemitic violence; moving to Minsk; enlistment in the Soviet Army; discharge three years later; working in Leningrad; returning to Minsk; marriage in 1938; his daughter's birth in 1939; German invasion in June 1941; being beaten by a German officer; forced labor; becoming temporarily deaf from a beating; an order for all men to gather; separation of the Jews; their imprisonment and release; ghettoization; deportation to Lublin, then Budzyń; beatings by guards and kapos; transfer to camps including Wieliczka, Mielec, Litoměřice, Mühldorf; and Dachau; train evacuation to Flossenbürg; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization; returning home in June; and working in Stalingrad. Mr. K. discusses atrocities and beatings in camps; local Czechs giving them food in Litoměřice; permanent injuries resulting from many beatings; attributing his survival to faith in God; and his children's lack of interest in his experiences.

Extent and Medium

6 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

  • K., Gregory, -- 1912-

Corporate Bodies

  • Litoměřice (Concentration camp)
  • Budzyń (Concentration camp)
  • Mühldorf (Concentration camp)
  • Dachau (Concentration camp)
  • Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
  • Wieliczka (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Jews -- Belarus -- Minsk.
  • Forced labor.
  • Faith.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Postwar effects.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.

Places

  • Stalingrad (R.S.F.S.R.)
  • Lublin (Poland : Concentration camp)
  • Minsk ghetto.
  • Belarus.
  • Pleshchenit︠s︡y (Belarus)
  • Saint Petersburg (Russia)
  • Minsk (Belarus)
  • Volgograd (Russia)
  • Mielec (Poland : Concentration camp)
  • Leningrad (R.S.F.S.R.)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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