Jacob G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2299
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Jacob G., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1924. He recalls antisemitic incidents beginning in 1938; anti-Jewish measures in 1940; forced labor in Mokoto?w in 1941; ghettoization; hiding with his family during round-ups; being caught with his brother on the street; their deportation to Lublin (Lipowa 7); separation from his brother upon transfer to Majdanek (he never saw him again); slave labor building barracks; transfer to Birkenau in 1943; pointless slave labor; encountering his other brother there and learning that his family had been deported (he never saw them again); transfers to Oranienburg, Ohrdruf, Dora, Sachsenhausen, and Flossenbu?rg; the death march to Dachau; and liberation by United States troops. Mr. G. recounts traveling with friends to Feldafing in May 1945, then to Frankfurt in June; marriage in 1946; the births of two daughters; and emigration with his family to the United States in 1952. He discusses details of ghetto and camp life, and illnesses resulting from those years.

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.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

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