Eugene F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Eugene F., who was born in Krako?w, Poland in 1922. He recalls his family's move to Kolomyi?a?; his father's Zionist activities; studying engineering in Lv?iv; futile efforts to return to Kolomyi?a? after the German invasion; round-ups of Jews; and escaping to the Soviet Union. Mr. F. recounts farm and office work; conscription into a workers' battalion; digging trenches near Stalingrad; working in a steel factory in Baku; returning to Lv?iv after liberation; traveling to Krako?w in 1945; learning his entire family had perished; leaving Poland; receiving help from Jewish organizations en route to Italy; living at the Bari displaced persons camp; completing his engineering degree; visiting his uncle in Israel in 1949; and emigrating to the United States in 1951. He notes almost all of his classmates from Kolomyi?a? perished and discusses continuing nightmares about his family.
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
- F., Eugene, -- 1922-
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Refugee camps.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Nightmares.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Kraków (Poland)
- Baku (Azerbaijan)
- Lv́iv (Ukraine)
- Kolomyi︠a︡ (Ukraine)
- Bari (Italy : Refugee camp)
- Israel.
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat