David J. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of David J., who was born in Poland in 1927. Mr. J. recalls his childhood in Sieradz; his mother's death in 1938; German invasion; forced labor; his father's and brothers' arrest; his father's release; being beaten by a Jewish policeman (they subsequently met in Israel); substituting for his father for forced labor; transfer to Otoczna; escaping with a friend; recapture in Sieradz; return to Otoczna; a severe beating; escape and recapture; transfers to Poznan?, Go?ttenburg, then Kreising; receiving food from Polish prisoners; escape and recapture again; a reprieve from execution when the camp was evacuated to Auschwitz/Birkenau; finding his brothers; the Sonderkommando uprising; separation from his brothers; transfer to Stutthof and Danzig; death marches to Lauenberg and other camps; and liberation by Soviet troops. He describes joining the Red Army; revenge killings of Lauenberg staff; advancing to Ku?strin; joining his brother in Landsberg; living in Lossel; illegal emigration to Palestine; combat in the Israel-Arab War; marriage in 1954; and adopting two children. Mr. J. discusses sharing his experiences with his children; his feelings in concentration camps; health problems resulting from those years; visits to Germany; and educational activities with German students including visiting Auschwitz with them.

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