Arthur B. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1351
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Arthur B., who was born in Tomaszo?w Lubelski, Poland in 1924. He recalls his family's affluence; German bombardment and invasion; brief Soviet occupation; return of the Germans; occupation of their home by officers; the round-up and beating of Jewish men; bringing valuables to free his father; and escape to Rava-Ru?ska in the Soviet zone. Mr. B. recounts deportation with his mother to Siberia; forced labor at a logging village near Barnaul; cold and hunger; release after a year and a half; working in Barnaul; repatriation to Wroc?aw in early 1946; learning of his father's death; antisemitism; fleeing to Austria; marriage; living at several displaced persons camps including Linz; working for the Joint in Linz; and emigration to the United States in 1950. He shows his father's letters which they received in Siberia and contrasts Soviet labor camps and the basic kindness of the Soviets compared to German extermination camps and the associated sadistic treatment of prisoners.

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. This testimony may only be used for non-commercial, educational purposes.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

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

People

  • B., Arthur, -- 1924-

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Subjects

  • Child survivors.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Antisemitism -- Postwar.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Forced labor.
  • Mothers and sons.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.

Places

  • Wrocław (Poland)
  • Rava-Ruʹska (Ukraine)
  • Barnaul (Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ, Russia)
  • Linz (Austria)
  • Linz (Austria : Refugee camp)
  • Rawa Ruska (Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Tomaszów Lubelski (Poland)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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