Meier S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2704
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Meier S., who was born in Na?sa?ud, Romania in 1925. In addition to information included in two previously recorded testimonies, Mr. S. recounts moving to Beclean as a child; attending yeshivas in Satu Mare and Va?c; Hungarian occupation; living in Budapest; participation in Mizrachi; German occupation in 1944; returning to Beclean; anti-Jewish measures; deportation with his family to Dej; forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau, Longwy-Thil, Kochendorf (Heilbronn), Dachau, and Allach; liberation; traveling to Italy, intending to emigrate to Palestine; living in displaced persons camps; organizing a religious hakshara near Naples; stowing away on a ship to Alexandria; and illegal entry to Palestine. Mr. S. discusses his brother's death in the Israel War of Independence; emigration to the United States in 1955; reluctance to share his experiences with his children when they were young; and visiting Dachau and Hungary with his wife. He shows photographs and memorabilia.

Extent and Medium

3 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

  • Related material: Meier S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-258), 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

People

  • S., Meier, -- 1925-

Corporate Bodies

  • Allach (Concentration camp)
  • World Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi Movement.
  • Dachau (Concentration camp)
  • Kochendorf (Concentration camp)
  • Birkenau (Concentration camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Refugee camps.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Hungarian occupation.
  • Zionist organizations.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Brothers.

Places

  • Dej (Romania)
  • Romania.
  • Longwy-Thil (France : Concentration camp)
  • Alexandria (Egypt)
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • Vác (Hungary)
  • Satu Mare (Romania : Județ)
  • Beclean (Romania)
  • Naples (Italy)
  • Italy.
  • Palestine -- Emigration and immigration.
  • Năsăud (Romania)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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