Rabbi Baruch G. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Rabbi Baruch G., who was born in M?awa, Poland, in 1923. He speaks of the rich, traditional life he enjoyed with his extended family, of which he is the sole survivor; prewar antisemitism in Poland, including anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Poles between 1933 and 1939; and the German occupation of M?awa and the anti-Jewish legislation which followed. He also describes the ghettoization of M?awa; daily life in the M?awa ghetto; his family's transfer to Lubarto?w, where they were separated for the first time; and his eventual success in smuggling himself, and later his mother and brother, back to M?awa. He relates the liquidation of the M?awa ghetto; his deportation to Auschwitz during the summer of 1943, where he worked as a bricklayer until January, 1945; and his subsequent experiences in the camps of Buchenwald, Ohrdruf, and Crawinkel. He tells of the frequent death marches and transports which he was subjected to at the close of the war until, close to death, he awoke to find himself in a Russian-occupied hospital in Theresienstadt. Rabbi G. also discusses postwar problems of adjustment and reflects on the lasting psychological effects of his wartime experiences, particularly with regard to his relationship with his son.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)