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Jack P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-601)
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Title
Jack P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-601) [videorecording] / interviewed by Eva Cooperman, August 20, 1982.
Created
Greenwich, Conn. : Second Generation of Westchester, 1982.
Physical Description
1 videorecording (1 hr., 57 min.) : col.
Language
English
Notes
Related material: Jack P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1758), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Associated material: Polak, Jack. Interview 1090. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.
Access and use
This testimony can only be used for scholarly or educational purposes.
Summary
Videotape testimony of Jack P., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1912, one of four children. In addition to information included in a subsequently recorded testimony (HVT-1758), he recounts postwar hospitalization for typhus; traveling to Trier and Hannover; return to the Netherlands; marriage; and encountering antisemitism. Mr. P. discusses the deaths of many relatives and his strong will to survive in the camps. He shows photographs, documents, and the yellow star he wore.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Jack P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-601). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Cite as
Jack P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-601). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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Oral histories (document genres)
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