Leo Z. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Leo Z., who was born in W?oc?awek, Poland in 1920 one of seven children. He recalls German invasion; ghettoization; deportation to Kolmar (Chodziez?) for forced labor in 1941; transfer to Poznan?, then Auschwitz/Birkenau, in 1943; a beating for an escape attempt; transfer to Buchenwald, then Essen; slave labor in a Krupp factory for about eighteen months; liberation from a train by United States troops; returning home seeking relatives; learning no one survived; traveling to Germany; living in Landsberg displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States. Mr. Z. notes sharing his story with his children when they were young and their disbelief.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- Z., Leo, -- 1920-
Corporate Bodies
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Escapes.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Forced labor.
- Refugee camps.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Poland -- Włocławek.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Places
- Essen (Germany : Concentration camp)
- Włocławek ghetto.
- Poznań (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Poland.
- Kolmar (Poland)
- Włocławek (Poland)
- Chodzież (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat