Saul S. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Saul S., who was born in Bielitz, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Poland) in 1918. He recalls his family's poverty; celebrating Jewish holidays; active participation in Hanoar Ha'Tsioni; becoming a group leader; his father's death; pervasive antisemitism which increased after Hitler's ascent to power; attending secular school; being unable to attend university because of poverty and Jewish quotas; emigrating alone to the United States in September 1938 under his grandfather's sponsorship (he never saw his mother and sisters again); living with an aunt in Brooklyn; factory and youth group work; sending money and packages to his mother and sisters; attending college with the help of a benefactress; cessation of contact with his family after the outbreak of war; marriage; and working as a social worker and therapist. Mr. S. discusses his guilt feelings over his mother's and sister's deaths in the Holocaust and wondering if they resented his leaving; undergoing therapy; becoming a psychologist; and his professional interest in group dynamics which he attributes to his formative experiences with Zionist groups.

2 videocassettes