Nathan S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Nathan S., who was born in Nizhni Vorota, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1918. He recounts working as a barber; serving in the Czech military; Hungarian occupation; serving in Esztergom; transfer to a Hungarian slave labor battalion in Koma?rno; forced labor felling trees; returning home in September 1941; learning his older brothers had been drafted into slave labor battalions; traveling to Budapest; slave labor building tank barricades; escaping with a group of fellow prisoners; assistance from local farmers; hiding in a forest; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; learning his parents and younger siblings had been deported and that none of his family had survived; smuggling friends to Mukacheve; joining a militia; traveling to Germany; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mr. S. discusses his anger with the orthodox leadership and sharing his experiences with his children.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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.
Rules and Conventions
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Nathan, -- 1918-
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Forests.
- Hungarian occupation.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Escapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Hungary.
Places
- Nyzhni Vorota (Ukraine)
- Esztergom (Hungary)
- Komárno (Západoslovenský kraj, Slovakia)
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Czechoslovakia.
- Mukacheve (Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat