Josef W. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Josef W., who was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1922. He describes his prewar life; German occupation of Prague; anti-Jewish restrictions; deportation to Terezi?n in November 1941, followed by his parents; forced labor; daily life and organization of the camp; meeting his future wife; transport with his family to Auschwitz; transfer after three months from the family camp to Schwarzheide in 1944; arduous conditions; starvation; and forced labor in a gas factory. Mr. W. tells of extreme hunger during the death march to Varnsdorf in 1945; evacuation, as Soviet troops advanced, in cattle cars to Litome?ri?ce; the disappearance of SS guards; walking to Terezi?n; receiving Red Cross medical assistance; returning to Prague; resuming his work as a mechanic; learning his future wife was in Prague; reunion with his mother and sister; marriage in 1947; fleeing to Vienna after Soviet intervention in 1968; and emigration to the United States. Mr. W. speaks of his life in the United States; people's responses to him as a Holocaust survivor; and discussing his experiences with his children.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)