Khaiem D. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Khaiem D., who was born in Starobin, Belarus in 1922. He recalls German invasion in 1941; a brother's birth; a forced march to the Slutsk ghetto in July 1941 during which his infant brother died; forced labor; the Judenrat collecting valuables from the Jews; a mass killing in 1941 (his parents and five siblings were murdered); smuggling food into the ghetto with assistance from non-Jews; joining Soviet POWs in a revolt in February 1942; escape with his sister; joining the partisans; military actions, including one in Pogost when his older brother was killed; rescuing Jews during the uprising in the Lakhva ghetto; helping Jews escape from Slutsk; joining the Soviet army in July 1944; discharge in Luninetď¸ s︥; and an antisemitic incident after the war. Mr. D. discusses the good relations between Jews and non-Jews in the partisans; receiving medals for his partisan activities; his sense of having avenged his family's murders by killing German soldiers and collaborators; cessation of dreams about the Slutsk ghetto years ago; and pain resulting from injuries received in the ghetto. He recites lyrics of partisan songs.

2 videocassettes