Henry L. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Henry L., who was born in Radom, Poland in 1927. He recalls antisemitic violence in school; German invasion; his father's arrest; his return three days later, beaten; anti-Jewish regulations; separation with his father from his mother and brothers in a 1942 selection; deportation with his father to Majdanek; assignment to a machine shop; receiving extra food from political prisoners; transfer in November 1943 to P?aszo?w; his father's death; transfer to Wieliczka, Mauthausen, then Gusen; assignment to a machine shop, a privileged position; liberation in May 1945; recovering with assistance from United States troops; attending engineering school in Munich; emigration to the United States in 1950; and building a family. Mr. L. discusses details of camp life; finding only one surviving relative; not sharing his story with others due to his own difficulty believing it; and continuing nightmares.

2 videocassettes