Solomon M. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1486
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Solomon M., who was born in Je?drzejo?w, Poland in 1916. He recalls the family farm; attending Polish school and cheder; serving in the Polish army from 1937 onward; German invasion; three months as a prisoner of war; returning home; finding the town ghettoized; volunteering for forced labor in his father's place; six months of railroad work at Se?dziszo?w; transfer to Skarz?ysko-Kamienna; eighteen months in werke C; clandestinely receiving food from non-Jewish workers; transfer to Cze?stochowa in late 1943, then to Buchenwald in mid-1944; clearing corpses from the barracks every morning; a death march during which ninety percent perished; receiving sugar from a friend which helped him go on; and liberation near Ainring at the end of 1944. Mr. M. describes working in the Ainring displaced persons camp kitchen for two years; learning his sister survived and was living in Israel; emigration to the United States in 1950; assistance received from HIAS; and learning the Jews from his town has been deported to Treblinka.

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

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

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

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