Henry M. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0374
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Henry M., born in approximately 1915, one of nine children. He recalls living on a farm in Ti?a?chiv, Czechoslovakia; his family's orthodoxy and Zionism; apprenticing as a tailor; cordial relations with non-Jews; draft into the Czech military in 1937; German annexation in 1938; returning home; Hungarian occupation; draft into a Hungarian slave labor battalion; assignments in Kyjov and Dormitz; returning home in March 1944; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; remaining with his father, brothers, and uncle; slave labor cutting hay; seeing his sisters in an adjacent barrack; transfer to Stutthof in October, then another camp in December; separation from his brothers; his father's death; transfer to Allach; witnessing cannibalism; receiving extra food from a friend; increasing apathy; liberation from a train by United States troops; assistance from the Red Cross; recuperating in Feldafing displaced persons camp; traveling to Prague; reunion with a brother-in-law in Budapest, then with his sisters, wife, and cousin in Prague; traveling to Ti?a?chiv; finding a brother; and emigration to the United States in 1949 to join an uncle. He discusses losing faith in God, then regaining it later in life; pervasive painful memories; and sharing his story with his children.

Extent and Medium

3 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

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