Solomon S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1715
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Solomon S., who was born in Zago?ro?w, Poland in 1917. He recalls antisemitic harassment, particularly at Easter; the deaths of his parents; living with a sibling in Siedlce; one brother's emigration to the United States; rabbinic training in Warsaw; serving in the Polish military starting in April 1938; retreating to Deblin and Kovel?; disbanding of his unit; returning to Siedlce; anti-Jewish regulations; smuggling himself to Vilnius; Soviet occupation; living in S?iauliai; obtaining a visa for Japan; traveling to Vladivostok, then Ko?be-shi; involuntary transfer to Shanghai; assistance from the Joint until Pearl Harbor; a last communication from his family from Poland in October 1942; ghettoization; cordial relations with the Chinese; emigration to the United States in 1947; finding a position as a rabbi; and marriage to a Hungarian survivor. Mr. S. shows photographs.

Extent and Medium

3 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

People

  • S., Solomon, -- 1917-

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Subjects

  • Soviet occupation.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Polish.

Places

  • Zagórów (Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Siedlce (Poland)
  • Kōbe-shi (Japan)
  • Vladivostok (Russia)
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Kovelʹ (Ukraine)
  • Deblin (Warsaw, Poland)
  • Šiauliai (Lithuania)
  • Vilnius (Lithuania)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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