Maurice K. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Maurice K., who was born in Uz?horod, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1924, one of ten children. He recalls antisemitic harassment from age four; his observant home; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish laws; one brother's emigration to Switzerland; protection due to family political connections; German occupation in April 1944; anti-Jewish measures; his mother arranging hiding places for him and his siblings in May; hiding on a farm; ghettoization of his parents, two brothers, and sister-in-law (he never saw his parents and one brother again); taking food to others in hiding; being joined by his brother; posing as a Christian; joining their sister in Budapest with assistance from a German officer; obtaining false papers; working with his brother in a German Army garage, then in the food industry, which exempted them from the military; witnessing a mass killing of Jews; liberation by Soviet troops in January 1945; finding his siblings (all but one survived); moving to Oradea; living in Prague with eight siblings; and emigration to the United States via France. Mr. K. discusses people's reluctance to hear about his experiences; sharing his story with his children and students; continuing nightmares; and his ongoing relationship with the family who hid him.

2 videocassettes