Jacob F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0120
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Jacob F., who was born in Sambor, Poland, in 1900. Mr. F. tells of resisting a Cossack pogrom at the age of fourteen; the Austrian, Russian, and German occupations; the enforcement of slave labor in 1941; and his separation from his wife and children (he was ordered from the cattle car which took them to their deaths). He describes making his way to Drohobych and Boryslav and hiding there before being captured and taken, via L?vov, to Mauthausen, where he worked in the quarry for four weeks. He relates his religious observance while in Mauthausen and in Linz, where he was liberated. Also expressed are Mr. F.'s conviction that it was his visionary dreams that kept him alive; his belief in the existence of God; his despair regarding the value of his own life; his anger that Nazis are living in the United States unpunished; his fear of future anti-Semitic action; and his feelings about life in the United States.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)

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: Sylvia F. Holocaust testimony [wife] (HVT-121), 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

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