Andrew B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Andrew B., who was born in Bushtyna, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1930. He recalls his family's long history in the town; Hungarian occupation; his bar mitzvah; Hungarians ransacking Jewish homes; the police chief's wife helping them; forced relocation to Kushnytsya; ghettoization in Ma?te?szalka; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau in summer 1944; separation from his mother and grandfather upon arrival (they perished), then from his father and brother; avoiding many selections; forced labor; liquidation of the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager); remaining with a cousin; receiving extra food from his aunt; assisting at the arrival of transports from the ?o?dz? ghetto; the death march to Gliwice in January 1945; train transport to Mauthausen; Czech women throwing them food; cannibalism; killing of American prisoners of war; transfer to Gunskirchen; liberation by United States troops; reunion with his father and brother in Budapest; moving to Prague; a futile attempt to recover property in their hometown (they did recover photographs); living in Liberec; and emigrating to the United States. Mr. B. discusses his close relationship to his father and stepmother; seldom speaking of his experiences; and great appreciation for the United States. He shows photographs.
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive. This testimony can only be used for education and research. It cannot be used for commercial purposes.
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Process Info
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People
- B., Andrew, -- 1930-
Corporate Bodies
- Gunskirchen (Concentration camp)
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Mutual aid.
- Child survivors.
- Hungarian occupation.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Bar mitzvah.
- Jews -- Hungary -- Maフ》eフ《zalka.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Concentration camp inmates -- Family relationships.
- Prisoners of war -- Austria.
- Forced labor.
- Death marches.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Cannibalism.
Places
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Gliwice (Poland)
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Kushnytsya (Ukraine)
- Czechoslovakia.
- Bushtyna (Ukraine)
- Maフ》eフ《zalka ghetto.
- Liberec (Czech Republic)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat