Joseph A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0651
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Joseph A., who was born in Lithuania in 1919. He recalls attending yeshiva in Kelme?; attending gymnasium; draft into the Lithuanian military in 1939; Soviet occupation; transfer to the Soviet military; leaving the military; German occupation; ghettoization; being selected with other men for forced labor in Germany; a rabbi encouraging them to help each other; frequent beatings; receiving extra food from friends; transfer to Auschwitz; transfer with other non-Polish-speaking prisoners to clean up the remains of the Warsaw ghetto; observing shootings of Jews who had hidden themselves; a death march during which friends assisted him; train transport to Dachau; hospitalization; transfer to another camp; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization in Germany for over a year; living in a displaced persons camp; marriage; his son's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mr. A. discusses the importance to his survival of will power and assistance from fellow prisoners.

Extent and Medium

3 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

  • A., Joseph, -- 1919-

Corporate Bodies

  • Dachau (Concentration camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Postwar experiences.
  • Hospitals in concentration camps.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Draft -- Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Lithuanian.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Forced labor.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Mutual aid.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Soviet.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
  • Death marches.

Places

  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Kelmė (Lithuania)
  • Lithuania.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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