Lily L. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0043
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Lily L., who was born in Tolcsva, Hungary, in 1928. She describes prewar life in the small town where her family lived for generations; deportation to the ghetto in Sa?toraljau?jhely; experiences in Auschwitz and as a slave laborer in Latvia and Germany; her return to Tolcsva after liberation; postwar experiences in France; emigration to the United States; and the importance of her husband and children in her life.

Extent and Medium

3 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)

Conditions Governing Access

This testimony is open with permission.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • L., Lily, -- 1928-1988.

Corporate Bodies

  • Dondangen (Concentration camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • Kaiserwald (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Video tapes.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Jews -- Hungary -- Sátoraljaújhely.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Forced labor.
  • Women.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.

Places

  • Sátoraljaújhely ghetto.
  • Leipzig (Germany)
  • Taverny (France)
  • Miskolc (Hungary)
  • Stuttgart (Germany)
  • Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary)
  • Latvia.
  • Hungary.
  • Tolcsva (Hungary)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- ftamc
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