Jaire J. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT-3108
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Jaire J., who was born in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1912. He recalls attending university; his Hungarian patriotism; working as a textile engineer; anti-Jewish laws beginning in 1938; brief draft into Hungarian forced labor battalions in 1940 and 1941; being recalled in 1942; serving in Kiev and on the Russian front doing menial and dangerous labor; a humane supervisor; escaping with a large group in 1944; entering Majdanek shortly after its liberation; realizing the immense Jewish destruction; being sent to a forced labor camp in Siberia; release in 1946 due to his illness (others remained until 1948); his mother and future wife refusing to emigrate; rising antisemitism during the 1956 uprising; escaping with his family; and emigration to Canada. Mr. J. notes they rarely discuss the war years.

Extent and Medium

2 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.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • J., Jaire, -- 1912-

Corporate Bodies

  • Majdanek (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Prisoners of war -- Soviet Union.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Hungary.
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Escapes.
  • Forced labor -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Soviet Union.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Antisemitism -- Postwar.

Places

  • Kiev (Ukraine)
  • Siberia (Russia)
  • Austria.
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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