Leon W. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Leon W., who was born in Stoyano?v, Poland in 1926. He recalls moving to L?vov in 1934; Soviet occupation in 1939; German occupation in 1941; arrest with his father and one brother; release three days later; learning most of those arrested had been shot; forced labor; and incarceration in Janowska in 1942. Mr. W. tells of working as a glazier; catching typhus which resulted in his selection; watching those in front being shot in a mass grave; being called out to remove corpses to the mass grave; and escaping by running into a large group of prisoners. He describes escape from Janowska; returning home; traveling to Stoyano?v; work on a farm; learning his four sisters had been taken in the liquidation of Stoyano?v and his parents had been deported; returning to L?vov; living with his two brothers until June 1943; their selection; and his return to Janowska. Mr. W. relates work in a "Death Brigade" that unearthed mass graves and burned the bodies; the uprising and escape of his "Death Brigade" in November 1943; being hidden by a Catholic family with twenty other Jews; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. W. discusses participation as a witness at the Nuremberg and Eichmann trials and many aspects of his experiences in this detailed and insightful testimony.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)