David L. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3235
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of David L., who was born in Futoma, Poland in 1915. He recalls eighteen months in the Polish military prior to 1939; German invasion; ghettoization with his brothers and parents in Rzeszów; separation from his parents and one brother (he never saw them again); liquidation of the ghetto; transport with his brother to Wieliczka, then Mielec; slave labor in an airplane factory; transfer to Flossenbürg, then Altenhammer; return to Flossenbürg a year later; liberation by United States troops; staying in Hochfeld displaced persons camp; some assistance from UNRRA; living in Germany until emigrating with his brother to the United States in 1949; marriage; and his daughter's birth. Mr. L. discusses a severe beating in camp; becoming hardened in order to survive the ghetto and camps; nightmares for many years after the war; and sharing his experiences with his daughter.

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

  • L., David, -- 1915-

Corporate Bodies

  • Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
  • Wieliczka (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Rzeszów.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Postwar effects.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Nightmares.
  • Forced labor.
  • Brothers.

Places

  • Poland.
  • Hochfeld (Germany : Refugee camp)
  • Altenhammer (Germany : Concentration camp)
  • Mielec (Poland : Concentration camp)
  • Rzeszów ghetto.
  • Rzeszów (Poland)
  • Futoma (Poland)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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