Judy F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Judy F., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929. She describes her childhood in a small, Hungarian-speaking town; the gathering of the town's Jews in a synagogue in April 1944; and her transport, with family members, to Auschwitz in a cattle car. She recalls conditions at Auschwitz; being taken to Birkenau, where she worked in the Canada kommando, sorting belongings; the camp's evacuation and liberation by Russians; and her emaciated condition upon liberation. She remembers returning to Budapest to search for her father; meeting her present husband and his sister; her year-long stay at an American-supported displaced persons camp in Germany; her move in 1947 to Stuttgart; and her arrival in the United States. She relates her postwar problems; her belief in God; and thoughts on telling her story to her children.
Extent and Medium
2 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
- F., Judy, -- 1929-
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
- Refugee camps.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Czechoslovakia.
- Stuttgart (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc