Ted G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Ted G., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1919. He recalls growing up in Be?dzin; moving to Warsaw; German invasion; forced labor; a ghettoization; hiding during round-ups; being saved from deportation by a policeman (a non-Jewish friend); factory work outside the ghetto; smuggling food to relatives; his parents' and relatives deportations (he never saw them again); escaping from the ghetto with help from an aunt and a non-Jewish Pole; living with a family with underground connections; obtaining false papers; working as a German translator; meeting his future wife, also living as a non-Jew; joining Armia Krajowa; participating in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising; living in several places outside Warsaw; obtaining new papers; a chance meeting with his aunt in Krako?w; visiting a cousin who worked for a German officer; moving several times; liberation by Soviet troops in January 1945; reunion with his fiancee in Lublin; living in Katowice and Fo?hrenwald displaced persons camp; working for UNRRA and the Jewish Agency for Palestine; and emigrating to the United States in 1949. Mr. G. discusses the importance of luck to his survival; continuing nightmares; and reluctance to share his experiences with his children.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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People
- G., Ted, -- 1919-
Corporate Bodies
- Jewish Agency for Palestine.
- Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
- Poland -- Polskie Siły Łbrojne. -- Armia Krajowa.
Subjects
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw.
- Escapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Mutual aid.
- False papers.
- Postwar experiences.
- Postwar effects.
- Refugee camps.
- Nightmares.
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Uprising, 1944.
- Będzin (Poland)
- Lublin (Poland)
- Kraków (Poland)
- Poland.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Warsaw ghetto.
- Katowice (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat