Fiszel K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2370) [videorecording] / interviewed by David Herman and Elliot Perry, January 3, 1991.

London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1991.

1 videorecording (2 hr., 42 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Fiszel K., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1911, the oldest of six children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; attending Polish school and yeshiva to age fourteen; pervasive antisemitism; working in his father's business and other jobs; becoming less religious; military service as a medic; marriage; his daughter's birth in 1937; military recall in 1939; discharge in Brest; traveling to Białystok; meeting his brother; their deportation to Kyrgyzstan by the Soviet government; forced labor in Komi; release from labor camp; wandering the area; enlisting in the Polish army; his brother's military rejection; transfer to Iran, Iraq, Palestine, then Naples; participating in the battle of Monte Cassino; emigration to England; and becoming a presser in the garment industry. Mr. K. discusses locating his brother through the Red Cross; losing his belief in God due to the Holocaust; and the loss of his entire family except his brother. He shows photographs.

June 01, 2002

Fiszel K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2370). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Fiszel K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2370). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)