Ben-Tzion D., Ivan I., and Kolpan K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3605
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Ben-Tzion D., Ivan I., and Kolpan K. Mr. K. was born in Sinkevichy, Belarus in approximately 1926, one of five children. He recounts moving to Lakhva in 1930 to the house in front of which they are standing, and which his father built; one incident of antisemitic violence; German invasion; ghettoization in spring 1942; forced labor in Mikashevichi; noticing large numbers of Germans upon returning to the Lakhva ghetto on September 2; Germans surrounding the ghetto on September 3; Dov Lopatin, head of the Judenrat, initiating a revolt; Itshak Rokhchin killing a German soldier with an ax, then being shot; Mr. K.'s older brother attacking a German; and escaping with assistance from non-Jews.

Extent and Medium

3 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

  • D., Ben-Tzion, -- 1927-
  • I., Ivan.
  • K., Kolpan, -- 1926?-
  • Lopatin, Dov.
  • Rokhchin, Itshak.

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Belorussian.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Jews -- Belarus -- Lakhva.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belarus.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance.
  • Escapes.
  • Jewish councils.
  • Child survivors.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Mass killings.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Bystanders.

Places

  • Belarus.
  • Lakhva ghetto.
  • Lyubanสน (Belarus)
  • Mikashevichi (Belarus)
  • Lakhva (Belarus)
  • Sinkevichy (Belarus)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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