Mayer S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2407
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Mayer S., who was born in Radomsko, Poland in 1921. He recalls moving to Cze?stochowa in 1930; antisemitic incidents; German invasion in 1939; round-ups; mass shootings; organization of forced labor by the Judenrat; ghettoization in the spring of 1941; rumors of exterminations in gas vans in March 1942; round-ups in September 1942 during which his family was deported and he and two brothers selected for forced labor; working as an electrician while living in the "small ghetto"; hiding during frequent round-ups; the murder of one brother; working from May 1943 at the HASAG plant where he met his future wife; transfer to Buchenwald with his brother, then to Dora and Rottleberode; a death march to Dora during which his brother encouraged him not to give up; escaping a death march out of Dora; and liberation by United States troops in Estedt. Mr. S. describes many details of life in the ghetto and concentration camps.

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

People

  • S., Mayer, -- 1921-

Corporate Bodies

  • Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
  • Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft.
  • Cze台stochowa (Concentration camp)
  • Dora (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Escapes.
  • Forced labor.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Brothers.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Cze台stochowa.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Mass killings.
  • Death marches.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Jewish councils.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Cze台stochowa ghetto.
  • Rottleberode (Germany : Concentration camp)
  • Estedt (Germany)
  • Cze台stochowa (Poland)
  • Radomsko (Poland)
  • Poland.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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