Interview with Holocaust survivor Mordecai Topel Part 1/15

Interview with Holocaust survivor Mordecai Topel on 7/21/95 by Miriam Horowitz. Recorded for the USC Shoah Foundation Institute (http://college.usc.edu/vhi/cataloguingi ndexing.php).

Topel, Mordecai, 4163
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Mordecai Topel
Mordecai Topel (release name)
Mordka Topel (name at birth)
Mordecai Zev (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/30/1920
City of Birth Ostrowiec (Kielce, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Ostrowiec (Kielce, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Flossenbürg (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Oranienburg-Heinkelwerke (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Starachowice (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Günthergrube (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Upper Bavaria (Bavaria, Germany : Province)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview NJ
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:22
Interview Code 4163

Category:

Education

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• topel
• holocaust
• education
• israel
• poland
• worldwarII
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• britain
• german

[auroraionaa]

y make him spell?

[AziraLevana]

That doesn't read quite right. Yes, the Nazis were bullies, but they didn't kill Jews because of where the Jews were from - the Nazis killed the Jews because they were Jewish.

[LillyMJustin]

@TheAmberliciouss c'mon don't be ashamed,I know a lot of people were in Germany and all of them told me that Germans were nice and polite :D

[mefan3]

@TheAmberliciouss Don't feel shame. What could you do?

[lilybug1877]

@AziraLevana Yeah this was a very very horrible time. Hitler was a very bad man. and kinda some German soldiers didnt wanna kinda do it but they did bcuz they were scared of wat hitler would do to them but this was an awful time it was rlly rlly bad the Concentration camps and Death camps were horrible you would be lucky to go to a Cancentration camp. If you went to a Death Camp you were done you were dead they justed killed them.

[DeeBlazen]

@AziraLevana they actually killed the jews because they need someone to blame for WWII or because they didnt think they were superior

[guyonfire87]

@KyleOgilvie1 if you look at the passion of the christ the jews killed jesus and now everyone that is christian dislike and some hate them for it but i think its retarded to hold a grudge at something that never happend (i am an atheist) and the reason the islamic people hate the jews is that the FN took back the jews to israel that was now a islamic country so the religions came into a conflict and civil war etc

[Bellabachir]

@TheAmberliciouss It's not something to hate. Germany is a great country! They have started a lot of good things! (minus world war 2 of course xD) And it wasn't every German that shared the same opinion as Adolf Hitler, most actually just said they had the same opinion but they were just trying to protect them selfs, and their family ;) I've studied World War 2 multiple times, and still gets surprised at some facts ;D

btw my stepfathers half German, and I live in Denmark ;)

[WillkommenJulius]

@TheAmberliciouss Don't hate being German it is where your family came from be proud of it, not all th Germans were Nazis. The Nazis started off as just a group of people and recruited more people over time because Hitler was an amazing speaker. He gave the people hope and making them sfeel there was something to be proud of. Before he came in power Germany was falling apart and had no hope. So it isn't the Germans fault it was the Nazi party that did all of the killing.

[TDB170]

i wish adolf hitler was still alive so i could kill him with my bare hands i wish the faggot was never born

[Bunnyofdeath3443]

he has the same birthday as me

[2ndSamuel710]

Great new film on Youtube titled "The Last Days of the Big Lie" youtube.com/watch?v=-48HQpgQRz­0

Dr. David Duke's latest video “The Real Rogue Nuclear State” is great also: youtube.com/watch?v=KLSlmLx4Fl­s

FDR vs. Hitler. Both took power/office 1933 their countries unemployment 25-30%. 6-8 years later Germany rate 2% USA still 20%. Who was the better leader? How? Why? Hitler threw off International Bankers. They still hate him to this day.