Rachel R. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Rachel R., who was born in Dzia?oszyce, Poland in 1910. Mrs. R. tells of her home town; the German occupation; her marriage in 1940; and the birth of her child in 1941. She describes her escape from the first Aktion in Dzia?oszyce; her capture a few weeks later; and her transfer to Krako?w, where she and her husband worked in P?aszo?w while her mother and son were interned in the Krako?w ghetto. The liquidation of the Krako?w ghetto, during which Mrs. R.'s mother and infant son were killed, is recalled. Mrs. R. also relates her husband's transfer to Flossenbu?rg; her own slave labor in Wieliczka, then again in P?aszo?w, where she was treated brutally; cleaning up P?aszo?w after its liquidation; and her transfer to Auschwitz and, a few weeks later, to Bergen-Belsen. She speaks of her liberation by the British, after which she was hospitalized; her reunion with her husband in Bergen-Belsen; and the constant presence of her memories.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)