Andre? E. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Andre? E., who was born in Parczew, Poland in 1935. He recalls observance of the sabbath and Jewish holidays; his extended family; German invasion; hiding with his parents and younger sister; non-Jewish families refusing to hide them; disappearance of his mother and sister (he never saw them again); he and his father joining a partisan group in the forest; living in bunkers; stealing food from local peasants; a Soviet soldier who protected him; actions against Germans including blowing up railroads; leaving the forest during a major German offensive; attacks by Polish underground units; liberation by Soviet troops; hostility from Poles; escaping to a displaced persons camp in Austria; moving to Pocking displaced persons camp; attending school; membership in Zionist groups including Betar; his father's remarriage; moving to Pau, France, then Paris; and emigrating to the United States with assistance from HIAS. Mr. E. discusses details of partisan life; his futile hope of finding his mother; memories of many dead people; becoming an adult at age six; and amazement that he and his father survived such incredible experiences.
Extent and Medium
3 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
People
- E., AndreĚ, -- 1935-
Corporate Bodies
- Betar.
- HIAS (Agency)
Subjects
- Partisans.
- Antisemitism -- Postwar.
- Zionist organizations.
- Postwar experiences.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Poland.
- Child survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland.
- Fathers and sons.
- Bunkers.
- Hiding.
- Forests.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Refugee camps.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Places
- Poland.
- Parczew (BiaĹa Podlaska, Poland)
- Austria.
- Pau (France)
- Paris (France)
- Pocking (Passau, Germany : Refugee camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat