Isidore K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4430) [videorecording] / interviewed by Susan Millen and Barbara Hadley Katz, January 26, 2010.

New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2010.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 19 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Isidore K., who was born in Zamość, Poland in 1934, an only child. He recalls staying in a cellar with his family during the German invasion on September 14, 1939; Soviet occupation on September 26; leaving with the Soviets when Zamość was returned to the Germans a few weeks later; living in Volodymyr-Volynsʹkyĭ through the winter; moving to Pinsk; deportation with his parents, grandparents, and other relatives to Siberia because they were not Soviet citizens; his father logging wood; moving fourteen months later to Ghijduwon; his grandmother's death en route; moving a few months later to a collective farm near Taraz; the deaths of his aunt, father, grandfather, and uncle; traveling with his mother, another aunt and cousin to Szczecin after the war; illegally moving to Berlin; living in a displaced persons camp in Berlin for two years; moving to Frankfurt; living in Deggendorf displaced persons camp for a year; emigration with his family to the United States in 1949; and graduating from university, then earning his masters degree in engineering. Mr. K. notes his children's lack of interest in his experiences. He shows photographs and objects.

June 08, 2010

Isidore K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4430). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Isidore K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4430). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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