Moshe S. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Moshe S., who was born in Kon?skie, Poland in 1912. He tells of the strong influence of Judaism on life in the town; a 1934 Polish boycott of Jewish stores; running from the town when the Germans invaded and returning a few days later; formation of the Judenrat; public execution of seventy Jewish men in retribution for an anti-German action of the Polish military; ghettoization; and fleeing with his family to the Krako?w ghetto. Mr. S. recalls incarceration in P?aszo?w; liquidation of Krako?w, including his parents; atrocities in P?aszo?w, particularly on Jewish holidays; deportation to Auschwitz in February 1944; transfer in January 1945 to Gross Rosen, then Buchenwald; and liberation by United States troops. He recounts going to a rehabilitation center in Switzerland; marriage in 1950; emigration to the United States in 1954; the deaths of his extended family of some seventy people except for one uncle; and the importance of relating his experiences to his children, especially on holidays. Mr. S. sings a song from Buchenwald and shows his camp uniform.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)