Bernard T. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2412
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Bernard T., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1920 to a family of six children. He recalls family life; German occupation; ghettoization; smuggling food; his inability to save his mother, sisters, and three-year-old brother from deportation in 1942 (he never saw them again); his deportation through Lublin to Budzyn?; working in the fields, then at an airplane factory; working in airplane factories in Mielec and Weliczka; transfer to Flossenbu?rg; an unsuccessful escape attempt; transfer to Dachau; escape from a death march; hiding in a barn; liberation; watching survivors dying from their inability to digest food; traveling to Munich; working in a kitchen for four years in Frankfurt am Main; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mr. T. discusses the importance of taking chances to his survival.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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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