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Morris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1651)

Title
Morris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1651) [videorecording] / interviewed by Barry Cohen and Renee L. Menasche, February 17, 1991.
Created
Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1991.
Physical Description
1 videorecording (36 min.) : col.
Language
English
Notes
Associated material: Kaufman, Morris. Interview 17456. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.
Summary
Videotape testimony of Morris K., who was born in Połaniec, Poland in 1917. He recalls escaping with two friends from a forced evacuation of the town in October 1942; being hidden in a cave by farmers (they had been his father's customers), who also hid a Jewish girl in their home; liberation by Soviet troops in 1944; working for the Soviets; fleeing to Łódź after Jews were killed by soldiers of the Polish underground; marriage to a concentration camp survivor; and emigration to Cuba in 1947, then to the United States in 1961. Mr. K. sings a song from the Warsaw ghetto.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Morris K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1651). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Cite as
Morris K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1651). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Genre/Form
Oral histories (document genres)
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