After his arrest in September 1942, Stefan Kosinski was incarcerated while awaiting his trial. In this clip, he recounts the conditions in the jail and his memory of seeing his mother out the window of his jail cell keeping vigil. She is also present during his trial before the Nazi court, which sentences Stefan to five years hard labor. This clip testimony is preserved in the Visual History Archive: vhaonline.usc.edu. To learn more and explore the stories of other eyewitnesses to the Holocaust and other genocides, visit sfi.usc.edu. Copyright USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education.

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