Martin S. Holocaust testimony

A follow-up, directed videotape testimony of Martin S., whose first testimony was recorded in 1986. Mr. S. notes his first testimony was primarily for his children; hope that future scholars can discover the basis for extreme cruelty; meaninglessness of time in concentration camps; being kept alive in Skarz?ysko as a model factory worker because he ran so many machines at once; an SS officer saving his mother and brother to reward him, but randomly killing others; believing "they made an animal out of" him which still governs much of his present behavior; becoming completely introverted, obsessed with his own survival; guilt that he did not share food with others; staying out of sight, lying about his age and exceeding work quotas as survival strategies; improved conditions in Buchenwald; passionately wanting revenge after liberation; gradually acquiring humane values, particularly from his mother; fear of identifying himself as a Jew for many years after liberation, but raising his children in orthodoxy; resentment that he had no childhood; trying to capture some sense of youth through his children; bitterness at not understanding why he was the object of such intense hatred; continuing dreams; and hope that humans will learn to be less cruel.

4 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)