Meir S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1146
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Meir S., who was born in Transylvania, Romania in 1925, one of fourteen children. He recounts his family's orthodoxy (his father was a scribe); moving to Beclean; antisemitic harassment; attending yeshiva in Va?c; learning the textile trade in Budapest; German invasion in 1944; returning home; ghettoization in Dej; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; transfer to Longwy-Thil; slave labor; transfer to another camp; work in an underground salt mine; transfer to Dachau, then Allach; reunion with one brother (he died a few days later); liberation by United States troops; meeting members of the Jewish Brigade; traveling to Italy; stowing away on a ship from Naples to Alexandria; illegal entry into Palestine; reunion with two siblings; and marriage. Mr. S. discusses his brother's death in the Israel War of Independence; emigration to the United States; and sharing stories with his children.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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. This testimony can only be used for educational purposes.

Related Units of Description

  • Related material: Meir S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2704), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • S., Meir, -- 1925-

Corporate Bodies

  • Allach (Concentration camp)
  • Dachau (Concentration camp)
  • Birkenau (Concentration camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Jews -- Romania -- Dej.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Brothers.
  • Forced labor.

Places

  • Romania.
  • Transylvania (Romania)
  • Dej ghetto.
  • Longwy-Thil (France : Concentration camp)
  • Alexandria (Egypt)
  • Palestine -- Emigration and immigration.
  • Vác (Hungary)
  • Naples (Italy)
  • Beclean (Romania)
  • Budapest (Hungary)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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