Peter S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1872
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Peter S., who was born in Chomonin, Czechoslovakia in 1923. He remembers antisemitic harassment; attending school in Mukacheve; membership in Hashomer Hatzair and Betar; Hungarian occupation; compulsory service in a Hungarian slave labor battalion in Uz?h?horod; German occupation; transfer to Baia Mare (Nagyba?nya), then Ditra?u; a beating by Hungarian police; futile escape attempts; transfer to Budapest; meeting his brother; escaping; producing false papers for the Swedish Red Cross; returning to the battalion since he was unable to hide; transfer to Szombathely; returning to Budapest to work for the Swedish Red Cross; talking to Raoul Wallenberg; being caught during a Gestapo raid; torture while imprisoned; escape; hiding in the Swedish Consulate; liberation by Soviet troops; reunion with his siblings; returning briefly to his hometown; working for Berih?ah, then at Leipheim displaced persons camp; learning about the deaths of his parents; emigrating to the United States; and his reluctance to share his experiences with his children. He shows photographs and documents.

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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