The Life of Srulek "Jack" Feldman

What was your original name?

Tell us your name and where you were born.

What were your parents' and grandparents' names?

Who were your parents?

Where did you grow up?

Where did you live in Sosnowiec, Poland?

Did your family go on vacation?

Where was your favorite place to visit when you were growing up?

Why did you like to visit Skarzysko?

Did you like school?

Did your parents believe in education?

Do you remember your grandparents?

Tell us about your father.

Tell us about your father. 

Tell us about your father's successes.

What did your dad do for work?

How did they make the hats?

What did the nazis do to your dad's business?

Tell us about your mother.

What type of food did your mom make for your Passover Seders?

Who would come to your family seders in Sosnowiec?

Tell us about your temple.

Talk about your Temple in Sosnowiec.

Was your family religious when you were growing up?

Did you have a bar mitzvah?

Do you remember your bar mitzvah?

Where were you when the war started?

Did your family try to hide any valuables from the Nazis?

Tell us about the ghetto.

Talk about what happen when you were first taken away by the Nazis.

What were the last words your father told you?

How did you feel when you first got taken away?

After you were picked up by the Nazi’s in Sosnowiec,
which camps were you sent to?

Did you think your father would survive?

Your father did a lot of business before the war with German people. Why do you think he didn’t survive?

What did you do in Annenberg Labor Camp?

Did you ever get a letter in any of the camps?

How did you feel when you received a package from your parents in the labor camp?

How did you feel when you received a package from your parents in the first labor camp you were sent to?

Did you receive any mail in the first labor camp you were in?

What work did you do in Ludwigsdorf Concentration camp?

Once the Ludwigsdorf Mens Concentration Camp closed down,
where did the Nazis send you?

What was it like on the cattle car?

What was it like on the train?

Tell us what the cattle car was like.

What type of food did they give you in Auschwitz?

What did you eat in Auschwitz?

What barrack were you assigned in Auschwitz?

Talk about your Block Elder.

What did you think about in Auschwitz?

What happen to someone if they got sick in Auschwitz?

What happened to you when you arrived at Auschwitz?

What happened when you arrived in Auschwitz?

What work did you do at Auschwitz?

What job title did the man who helped you inside Auschwitz have?

What was a day like at Auschwitz?

What was the background of the block elder?

What was the bathroom like in Auschwitz?

Please describe the Kapo at Auschwitz.

What was your number in Auschwitz

At Auschwitz did any civilians ever help you?

Did anyone help you at Auschwitz?

Talk about who helped you in Auschwitz.

Did you get food from people who lived near Auschwitz?

Did you see the gas chamber?

Did you see the gas chambers at Auschwitz?

Did you try to steal food when you were at Auschwitz?

Did you try to get out of Auschwitz?

Where and how did you sleep in Auschwitz?

How long were you in Auschwitz?

When were you on the death march?

Talk about the death march.

During the death march, did you ever think you couldn't
walk any more?

What do you remember about the death march?

Did you pass civilians while on the Death March?

Did you ever travel on the train during the death march?

Did you get any breaks in marching on the Death March?

Why do you think you survived the death march?

Why do you think you survived the camps?

Why do you think you survived Auschwitz?

Where were you when you were liberated?

What did you do after you were liberated?

What did you do when you were liberated?

How did you get back to your hometown of Sosnowiec after the war?

Did you ever go back to your house after surviving Auschwitz and if so did you find anything?

What happen when you returned to your house after the war and saw some of your dad’s hat boxes?

What happened to your wife in the HASAG Labor camp?

How did you feel when your first child was born?

Who provided the papers for you to come to the USA?

What was you first impression when you arrived in USA

What was your first impression of USA

What new food did you experience in NY

What did you name your fish market?

Tell us about your fish market.

Where did you open a fish market?

What happened during the 1964 Riots?

What happen to the other stores on Joseph Avenue during the 1964 Riots?

Why didn't the 1964 rioters touch your store?

What happen to your store during the 1964 Rochester Riots?

What did you do for the people who came
to the fish market hungry?

What did you tell Michelle Obama at the White House
Hanukah party?

Sing us your favorite song.

Any advice for us?  

What do you recommend eating?

How do your holocaust experiences
influence your life today?

Tell us about your different names in Poland and the United States.

What is your favorite of all the names you have had?

What should people remember?

Jack's words at the Rochester Film Festival

What is the secret to a good life?