Leo K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3052) [videorecording] / interviewed by Meredith Coval, November 30, 1983.

Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1983.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 53 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Leo K., who was born in Rzeszów, Poland in 1913. He recounts his parents moving to the Hague, Netherlands when he was six months old; moving to Antwerp when he was about thirteen; returning to the Hague with his mother and siblings; working as a furrier; military induction in 1937; being changed to reserve status; German invasion in May 1940; his son's birth in August; forming a resistance unit; anti-Jewish restrictions; round-ups; a non-Jewish colleague offering a hiding place in his home; several police interrogations; clandestinely moving to his friend's attic; staying seven months; his wife at times renting a room elsewhere; placing their son with another family; weekly visits to him; his mother's deportation in 1943; avoiding discovery many times; establishing his business after the war; disappointment that so few Jews returned from the camps; welcoming camp survivors into their home; and emigration to Canada in 1950. Mr. K. discusses his constant fear during the war years; painful memories during return trips to Holland; and total hostility toward Germans. He shows documents and photographs.

June 01, 2002

Leo K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3052). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Leo K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3052). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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