Tibor G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2520
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Tibor G., who was born in Ardud, Romania in 1928, one of four children. He recounts attending Romanian school; Hungarian occupation; attending Hungarian school; his father's draft into a Hungarian slave labor battalion; his release; ghettoization in Satu Mare; deportation to Auschwitz; separation with his father from his family upon arrival; slave labor with his father in Buna/Monowitz; a kapo giving him a privileged job and extra food that he shared with his father; public hangings; separation from his father; evacuation to Buchenwald in January 1945; receiving food en route from the Red Cross in Prague; liberation by United States troops; traveling to Paris in 1946; assistance from relatives in the United States; boarding a ship for Palestine; interdiction by the British; being returned to France; emigration to the United States in 1948; hospitalization for tuberculosis; marriage in 1950; and the births of two children. Mr. G. discusses continuing nightmares of the separation from his family and sharing his experiences with his children. He shows photographs, documents, and artifacts.

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. This testimony can only be used for non-commercial, educational purposes.

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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