Maurice S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Maurice S., who was born in Jaros?aw, Poland in 1912. He recalls antisemitism in school; his dental practice in Krako?w; marriage in 1937; German invasion in 1939; fleeing with his brother to the Soviet-occupied zone; hiding to avoid deportation to Siberia; working as a dentist; German invasion; hiding to avoid forced labor; living in L?viv with his brother and uncle; returning to Krako?w; living in the ghetto with his wife and her family; forced labor; sending his wife to Warsaw since she was not well (he never saw her again); incarceration in P?aszo?w; losing his faith when he witnessed a mass shooting; assistance from Oskar Schindler; transfer to Auschwitz, then Mauthausen; slave labor in the quarry; working as a dentist in the hospital; providing extra food for friends; becoming ill; assistance from a Polish doctor; liberation by United States troops; meeting his future wife; and returning home seeking family (only his sister in Belgium survived). Mr. S. notes half of him is still in the concentration camps; believing he would be killed; not escaping when he could, knowing those left behind would be killed; and the difficulty of summarizing ghetto and camp life.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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People
- Schindler, Oskar, -- 1908-1974.
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- S., Maurice, -- 1912-
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Hiding.
- Soviet occupation.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Forced labor.
- Hospitals in concentration camps.
- Mutual aid.
- Mass killings.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Poland -- Kraków.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Faith.
Places
- Poland.
- Jarosław (Poland)
- Lʹviv (Ukraine)
- Kraków (Poland)
- Kraków ghetto.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat