Joseph G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Joseph G., who was born in Warka, Poland in 1918, one of seven children. He recounts living in Beijko?w, then Bia?obrzegi; his father's work as a cobbler; attending barber school; sharing tips with his family; moving to Warsaw; ghettoization; marriage; escaping to the Bia?obrzegi ghetto (he never saw his wife again); working as a barber for the Germans; he and two brothers being chosen as skilled workers during a round-up (his remaining family perished); deportation to Skarz?ysko; convincing a German not to separate him from his brothers; slave labor in a munitions factory; cutting the hair of a German's wife; he and his brother pulling their other brother from a truck of those selected for death; separation from his brothers when they were transferred to Buchenwald; his transfer to Cze?stochowa; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Bia?obrzegi seeking relatives; hearing antisemitic remarks; learning his brothers were in Buchenwald; their reunion; living in Landsberg displaced persons camp; marriage; and emigration to the United States with his wife and child four years later. Mr. G. notes he is sharing his story so his children and grandchildren can learn about it.
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
People
- G., Joseph, -- 1918-
Corporate Bodies
- Częstochowa (Concentration camp)
- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp)
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Brothers.
- Jews -- Poland -- Białobrzegi (Radom)
- Escapes.
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Antisemitism -- Postwar.
- Postwar experiences.
- Forced labor.
- Wife -- Death.
- Mutual aid.
Places
- Warka (Poland)
- Białobrzegi (Radom, Poland)
- Biejków (Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Białobrzegi ghetto.
- Warsaw ghetto.
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat