Siegfried B. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Siegfried B., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1926. He recalls his childhood in a religious home; anti-Semitic incidents; the Anschluss; Kristallnacht; anti-Jewish restrictions and violence; his Bar Mitzvah in 1939; attending a Jewish school; forced labor; and deportation with his parents to the ?o?dz? ghetto in October 1941. Mr. B. describes ghetto life: his father's death from starvation in May 1942; frequent atrocities and deportations, including his mother in March 1943; transport to Cze?stochowa; forced labor in a HASAG factory; participation in religious activities; hospitalization; transfer to Buchenwald in December 1944; the organization and hierarchy of the prisoner population; being saved from selection by two doctors, one a non-Jew; liberation by United States troops; returning to Vienna; hospitalization in Salzburg; and emigration to the United States. He discusses adverse reactions when he conveyed his experience to others; nightmares; and the emotional support of his wife and children.

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