David M. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of David M., who was born in Wolbrom, Poland in 1925, one of seven children. He recalls attending cheder; German invasion in 1939; forced labor in Płaszów and Wieliczka; his family fleeing to Będzin during a round-up in 1942; returning to Wolbrom, then going back to Będzin; living with cousins; transport with four brothers and his sister to Sosnowiec, then Brande; his cousin helping him get a privileged job in the kitchen; transfer to Graeditz; slave labor in a munitions factory; becoming ill; his cousin's death; receiving extra food from German bakers; transfer to Gross-Rosen in late 1943; a death march and transport to Dachau; liberation by United States troops; meeting his wife in a refugee camp; reunion with his brother and sister in Munich; emigration to the United States in December 1950; and going into business with his brother. He notes his younger brothers and parents were killed in Auschwitz; another brother's death immediately prior to liberation; trying to forget his wartime experiences; and recording this testimony for his son and grandchildren.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
- M., David, -- 1925-
Corporate Bodies
- Sosnowiec (Concentration camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Child survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Mutual aid.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Forced labor.
- Brothers.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Concentration camp inmates -- Family relationships.
- Death marches.
- Refugee camps.
Places
- Wieliczka (Poland)
- Poland.
- Płaszów (Poland)
- Wolbrom (Poland)
- Munich (Germany)
- Będzin (Poland)
- Graeditz (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Brande (Poland : Concentration camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat