Moses S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Moses S., who was born in 1912 in Stare Sambor, a small town, and grew up there and in nearby Sambor, Poland (now Ukraine). He describes his difficult youth; his move to Borislav; his marriage in 1938; German occupation, Soviet occupation, and German re-occupation in 1941, when he was taken to Russia; his escape to his home town; and his return to Borislav, where he rejoined his wife and young daughter. He relates the ghettoization of Borislav; the round-up of Jews, which he escaped but his wife and child did not; living in a bunker in the forest and working by day in an electrical plant; smuggling himself back into the ghetto; and deportation to P?aszo?w. He discusses his work building a mine in P?aszo?w; the liquidation of P?aszo?w; his transfer to Mauthausen; and back-breaking labor, hunger, and cannibalism in Mauthausen. He also refers to other camps where he was a prisoner, including Gusen I and Gusen II, and tells how he miraculously survived in numerous situations. Mr. S.'s wife, who is present during the interview, tries repeatedly to cut it short.
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.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Moses, -- 1912-1987.
Corporate Bodies
- Gunskirchen (Concentration camp)
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
- Gusen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Cannibalism.
- Forced labor.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Husband and wife.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Hiding.
- Forests.
- Wife -- Death.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Jews -- Ukraine -- Boryslav.
- Children -- Death.
- Soviet occupation.
Places
- Borysław (Poland)
- Borysław ghetto.
- Poland.
- Staryĭ Sambir (Ukraine)
- Sambor (Poland)
- Boryslav (Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc