Israel B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Israel B., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1925, the eldest of two children. He recalls participating in Hashomer Hatzair; his father's death in 1936; his uncles paying for him to attend a Jewish gymnasium; finding ways to help support his family, including singing in the main synagogue choir; summer vacations with his grandmother in Malech; German invasion in 1939; anti-Jewish restrictions; his mother removing his star and sending him to her brothers in Warsaw, hoping he would survive; learning they had left; joining his grandmother and other relatives in Soviet-occupied Malech; attending a Soviet school; receiving letters from his mother describing their suffering; sending her food packages; participating in communist youth activities; German invasion in 1941; escaping a round-up in October; hiding with assistance from non-Jews; joining his relatives in Bi︠a︡roza; ghettoization; slave labor for Organization Todt; building a hiding place with others; and remaining there for eight days during a mass killing.
Extent and Medium
14 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- B., Israel, -- 1925-
Corporate Bodies
- World Hashomer Hatzair. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78023533
- Organisation Todt (Germany) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86095583
Subjects
- Partisans.
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Forests.
- Child survivors.
- Hiding.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Soviet Union. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010119652
- Forced labor -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
- Jewish ghettos. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95007077
- Forced labor. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453
- Escapes. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044783
- Jewish children in the Holocaust. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96005877
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359
- 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
- Men. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510
- Revenge. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113420
- Rape. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111402
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Soviet.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148460
- 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 -- Belarus -- Pruz︠h︡any.
- Jews -- Belarus -- Bi︠a︡roza (Bi︠a︡rozaŭski rai︠o︡n)
- Holocaust survivors. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527
- Video tapes. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214
Places
- Baranavichy (Belarus) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81118927
- Bi︠a︡roza ghetto.
- Malech (Belarus) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015058279
- Bi︠a︡roza (Bi︠a︡rozaŭski rai︠o︡n, Belarus) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88216058
- Łódź (Poland) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80093570
- Warsaw (Poland) -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018894
- Poland. -- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071
- Pruz︠h︡any ghetto.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat