Jack K. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Jack K., who was born in Wieliczka, Poland in 1924, the oldest of seven children. He recalls cordial relations with non-Jews until 1936; attending yeshiva and public school in Krako?w until 1939; German invasion; ghettoization and formation of a Judenrat; finding his father's body after a mass murder; the influx of Jews from Krako?w to Wieliczka; forced labor at degrading tasks; transfer to Pustko?w; daily hangings; escape to Wieliczka; hiding; and working to obtain food for his siblings. Mr. K. recounts incidents in the Krako?w ghetto, Wieliczka, P?aszo?w, and another camp; frequent brutality and killings; transfer to Mauthausen, Steyr, and Gusen; liberation by United States troops in May 1945; recuperation in Gmunden, Austria; living in a displaced persons camp; meeting his wife; and emigrating to the United States in 1949. Mr. K. vividly details many incidents and notes he "can shut it off" so it won't "drive me crazy."

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