Peretz M. Holocaust testimony
Streszczenie
Videotape testimony of Peretz M., who was born in Brooklyn, New York. He recounts his Yiddish background; marriage in 1938; serving in the United States army beginning in 1943; landing in Europe in August 1944; encountering concentration camp survivors near Remse, Germany in April 1945; providing food for them; speaking to them in Yiddish; compiling a list of their names; sending the list to his wife who had it published several places in New York (there was a tremendous response to it); receiving small gifts from the former prisoners; visiting his relatives in Brussels and Paris; visiting Ebensee; and working as an interpreter after the war for a unit in Austria. Mr. M. tells the stories of many relative. He shows artifacts, documents, and photographs.
Rozmiary i nośnik
4 videocassettes
Warunki decydujące o udostępnieniu
This testimony is open with permission.
Warunki decydujące o reprodukowaniu
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Reguły i zwyczaje
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Informacje dotyczące procedury
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Osoby
- M., Peretz, -- 1915-
Ciała zbiorowe
- Ebensee (Concentration camp)
Tematy
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- Postwar experiences.
Miejsca
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Paris (France)
- Remse (Germany)
- Austria.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat