Morris B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1171) [videorecording] / interviewed by Roslyn M. Hyman and Nadine Weinstein, February 5, 1989.

Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1989.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 43 min.) : col.

English

Associated material: Baker, Morris. Interview 18137. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.

Videotape testimony of Morris B., who was born in Zambrów, Poland in 1926. One of three brothers, he describes his large, extended family; German occupation in September 1939, followed by Soviet occupation; his continued school attendance; German invasion in June 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; his father's round-up by German troops (they never saw him again); collection of all Jews in August; mass killing of the elderly outside of town and ghettoization of the remainder; forced labor; transfer in November 1942 to an abandoned Polish army barrack; his escape and discovery one week later; and transport to Auschwitz. Mr. B. recalls seeing his family for the last time when leaving the train; being tattooed (#87601) in Birkenau; building the crematoria and gas chambers; the constant smell of death and the red skies resulting from the crematoria fires; liquidation of Jews from Hungary, Łódź, Theresienstadt and the Romanies; transfer to Kaufering; and liberation by American troops. He relates living in displaced camps in Germany and Italy; emigration to Canada; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mr. B. discusses the importance of freedom; his desire to tell others about his past and their discomfort at hearing it; and his wish that his children and grandchildren see his tape.

June 01, 2002

Morris B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1171). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Morris B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1171). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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