Max H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2913) [videorecording] / interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman, May 3, 1994.

New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994.

1 videorecording (2 hr., 21 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Max H., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1920. He recalls his father's death in 1936; working in the family's beauty salon; German invasion; a futile attempt to flee; anti-Jewish restrictions; ghettoization in March 1941; working as a hospital barber; hiding his mother during round-ups; separation from her in October 1942 (he never saw her again); marriage in 1942; barbering for Germans; transfer with his wife to Płaszów in 1943; working as a messenger; seeing Kommandant Amon Goeth randomly killing prisoners; public hangings; arranging his wife's exemption from deportation with assistance from a German officer; disinterring and burning corpses; he and his cousin carrying his wife on the march to Auschwitz in January 1945; a death march to Gleiwitz; transport to Oranienburg, then Flossenbürg; assistance from his cousin; their transfer to Offenburg; escaping with friends during evacuation; and liberation by French troops. Mr. H. describes reunion with his wife in Konstanz; returning to find his mother-in-law in Kraków; traveling to Konstanz; establishing a displaced persons camp; helping others emigrate to Palestine; his son's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1949. He emphasizes his belief in the futility of fighting and the importance of respecting all people.

June 01, 2002

Max H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2913). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Max H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2913). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)

Barbers.