Stanley B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Stanley B., who was born in Os?wie?cim, Poland in 1923. He recounts antisemitic incidents after Hitler came to power in 1933; an apprenticeship as a jeweler in Bielitz; German invasion; his mother's and siblings' unsuccessful attempt to flee; anti-Jewish laws; construction of Auschwitz concentration camp; Himmler's visit to Os?wie?cim; visiting his family in Sosnowiec before they were deported (he never saw them again); transfer to Blechhammer; working as an electrician; doing some jewelry work for camp officials in exchange for food; escaping during evacuation from a barn in G?ogo?wek; crossing the Oder; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. B. describes a public hanging of a prisoner, for using wire as a belt, who did not die until the fourth time he was hung.
Extent and Medium
2 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
People
- B., Stanley, -- 1923-
Corporate Bodies
- Blechhammer E/3 (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Concentration camp inmates -- Escapes.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Oświęcim (Poland)
- Poland.
- Głogówek (Poland)
- Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat