Michael N. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3026
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Michael N. who was born in Zawiercie, Poland in 1919. He recalls attending public school; children throwing stones at him because he was Jewish; learning cabinet making; working in his parents' store; German invasion; persuading his parents after three months that he should go to the Soviet Union; smuggling himself across the border; living in L?viv; registering to work in a Soviet coal mine; leaving after two weeks; incarceration in a forced labor camp in Medvezh?yegorsk; release a year later; working in a munitions factory; military draft in 1944; serving in Lublin; learning of the mass killing of Jews; visiting Majdanek; being wounded; hospitalization; staying with a cousin in Sosnowiec; returning to the military; traveling to Zawiercie; learning one brother was in Germany; reunion with both brothers in Memmingen; marriage in 1947; and emigration to the United States. Mr. N. notes how lucky he was to have both brothers survive. He shows photographs.

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: William N. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-1162), 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

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