Max M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-309) [videorecording] / interviewed by Phyllis O. Ziman Tobin and Shelly Dattner, November 11, 1984.

New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 32 min.) : col.

English

Associated material: Mermelstein, Max. Interview 19691. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.

Videotape testimony of Max M., who was born in Skala-Podolʹskaya, in southeastern Poland, in 1926. He tells of a congenital hip problem which resulted in frequent hospitalization and surgery; the Russian occupation from 1939-1941; being caught near Lʹvov when the Germans invaded; and the difficulty of getting home to Skala with his mother. He describes the death of his brother in a POW camp, from which the Poles and Ukrainians had been released and only the Jews exterminated. He relates the formation of a ghetto; the Judenrat; deportation to Borshchov; hiding in bunkers during several round-ups; the death of his mother; a mass killing in which his father was killed; and his escape into the woods with a cousin, where he hid for fourteen months with other Jews from the area. Mr. M. discusses liberation by Russian troops; continuing hardship; living with no hope; and his eventual emigration to the United States. He describes the present as another and happy chapter in his life.

June 01, 2002

Max M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-309). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Max M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-309). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)