Isak and Ann F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2611
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Isak F., who was born in Wolbrom, Poland in 1922. He recounts his father's death when he was a baby; his mother supporting four children; her remarriage when he was ten; studying and working in Be?dzin and ?o?dz? beginning in 1936; returning home in summer 1939; German invasion; capture by SS men (he never saw his family again); slave labor in Rzeszo?w for a year; transfer to P?aszo?w, Wieliczka, Klinker, Flossenbu?rg, Bergen-Belsen, Sachsenhausen, Colmar, Hamburg, and Bergen,Belsen; escaping with a Soviet POW; capture; imprisonment in Hamburg; transfer to Sandbostel POW camp; becoming very ill; friends trying to save him; liberation by British troops; hospitalization; living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; meeting his future wife (she joins him); assistance from the Joint; living in Bad Nauheim; emigration to the United States in 1946; assistance from HIAS; and marriage. Mr. F. discusses many incidents of camp life; Jews and non-Jews who helped him survive; taking chances by often volunteering in camps; and still suffering from the loss of his entire family. Ann F. notes their good fortune in living in and raising their children in the United States.

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: Ann F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2612), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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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