Sam S. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Sam S. He recalls German invasion of Be?dzin; forced labor; his sister's escape to the Soviet zone (he never saw her again); being sent to a labor camp in March 1942 (he never saw his parents again); transfer to Blechhammer a year later; being tattooed; Allied bombing raids; a death march in January 1945; briefly staying in Gross-Rosen; train transport to Buchenwald, then to Zweiberge; a death march in April; an SS guard who helped him obtain extra food; sharing it with fellow prisoners; being left behind after telling an SS officer he was German; liberation by United States troops; the company commander inviting him to stay with the unit in Bischofsheim; visiting nearby Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; reunion with his brothers; living in Zeilsheim until 1949; assistance from the Joint; emigration to the United States; draft into the military in 1951; serving as a German interpreter in Frankfurt; and marriage to an American after his discharge. Mr. S. discusses many incidents in the camps; his emotional scars including sleepless nights; dismay at present genocides; and his own inability to explain how he "lived on what I call nothing, just to survive."

2 videocassettes