Abe G. Holocaust testimony
Streszczenie
Videotape testimony of Abe G., who was born in Warka, Poland in 1911. He recalls moving to Bia?obrzegi; learning to be a shoemaker from his father; making boots for Nazis after German invasion; deportation with his brothers to Skarz?ysko in 1942; slave labor in Werke A, a munitions factory; transfer to Cze?stochowa; transfer with his youngest brother (the other remained) to Buchenwald in 1944; liberation by United States troops in April 1945; recuperation in sanatoria in Weimar and Munich; living in Fo?hrenwald and Landsberg displaced persons camps; learning from their uncle in the U.S. that their other brother had survived; reunion with him; marriage; his daughter's birth; emigration to the U.S. with his uncle's help (his brothers followed); and establishing a shoemaking shop. He notes hundreds of relatives were killed in the Holocaust.
Rozmiary i nośnik
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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Osoby
- G., Abe, -- 1911-
Ciała zbiorowe
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp)
- Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
- Częstochowa (Concentration camp)
Tematy
- Postwar experiences.
- Brothers.
- Refugee camps.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
Miejsca
- Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Białobrzegi (Radom, Poland)
- Munich (Germany)
- Poland.
- Warka (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat