Paul C. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0507
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Paul C., who was born in Cze?stochowa, Poland in 1917 and raised in K?obuck. He discusses prewar antisemitism; participating in Zionist activites; increasing antisemitism resulting in the decline of his parents' business; German occupation; forced labor as a painter, which gave him special privileges; ghettoization; his marriage in 1941; deportations, including his father and niece; and transport to Blechhammer with his wife. Mr. C. recounts changing names with a friend so he could remain near his wife; experiences in Gra?ditz and Reichenbach; working while one person recited the Yom Kippur prayers; assistance from people living near one camp; passing messages between camps; and liberation by Soviets troops in May 1945. He recounts his brief return to Poland; emigrating to Germany; accompanying a children's transport to Israel and returning to Germany; and emigration to the United States in 1949.

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

People

  • C., Paul, -- 1917-

Corporate Bodies

  • Blechhammer E/3 (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Kłobuck.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Marriage in Jewish ghettos.
  • Zionist organizations.
  • Mutual aid.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Concentration camp inmates -- Religious life.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Weddings.
  • Family.
  • Forced labor.

Places

  • Gräditz (Poland : Concentration camp)
  • Kłobuck (Poland)
  • Częstochowa (Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Kłobuck ghetto.
  • Reichenbach (Poland : Concentration camp)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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