Ben-Zion H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Ben-Zion H., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1936, one of five children. He recounts his father carrying him across the street during a German bombing; ghettoization; he and a sister sneaking through holes in the wall to get food; another sister, who was a nurse, hiding him in the hospital during a round-up; his family's deportation; escaping; an elderly Polish woman hiding him and other children; selling newspapers and cigarettes; observing the ghetto uprising; his sister taking him to KrakoĚw to hide with her; returning to Warsaw when she did not come home one night; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. H. discusses not understanding how he and other street children survived the cold weather, and remembering relatively little.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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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.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- H., Ben-Zion, -- 1936-
Subjects
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Child survivors.
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw.
- Escapes.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Hospitals in Jewish ghettos.
- Mutual aid.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
Places
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.
- Poland.
- Warsaw ghetto.
- KrakoĚw (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat