Abraham B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Abraham B., who was born in Moscow, Russia in 1906. He recalls arrest in 1925 due to his leadership of Hashomer Hatzair; being condemned to death; transport to Odesa; exile to Palestine with his mother and sister (his mother had arranged it); working in Haifa, ?Afulah, and Zikhron Ya?ak?ov for two years; admission to engineering school in Paris; arriving in Marseille in 1928; studying in Toulouse; graduation; working in a coal mine, a hotel, and for a Swiss company in Paris; dismissal due to the depression; working as a salesman; establishing a lucrative textile company; marriage; his son's birth; German invasion; escaping to Lyon; living in Arpajon; working in Bordeaux; moving to Toulouse; unsuccessfully trying to enter Spain; escaping execution with help from locals; traveling to Paris, then Marseille; leaving on a ship for Martinique with his wife and son; interdiction by Germans; embarkation in Casablanca; contacting friends in Paris and the Jewish Agency; release; and traveling to the United States on a boat purchased by a friend. Mr. B. notes his belief that God saved him and his family, thus becoming a more observant Jew.
Extent and Medium
2 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. This testimony can only be used for scholarly or educational purposes. Any commercial use requires permission of the donor or his heirs.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- B., Abraham, -- 1906-
Corporate Bodies
- World Hashomer Hatzair.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Fathers and sons.
- Husband and wife.
Places
- Moscow (Russia)
- Russia.
- Odesa (Ukraine)
- Palestine.
- ʻAfulah (Israel)
- Haifa (Israel)
- Marseille (France)
- Zikhron Yaʻaḳov (Israel)
- Paris (France)
- Toulouse (France)
- Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
- Lyon (France)
- Casablanca (Morocco)
- Arpajon (France)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat