Sara W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Sarah W., who was born in Szyd?owiec, Poland in 1923. She recalls growing up in a loving family with Jewish traditions; antisemitic incidents; German invasion; her father's killing by Germans; forced labor with her sister at an ammunition factory in Starachowice; deportation with her sister to Auschwitz; roll calls, hunger, and killings; road building with her sister; their deportation to Bergen-Belsen in January 1945; liberation by British troops in April 1945; reunion with her brother, who found her in Bergen-Belsen; her sister's recuperation in Switzerland; marriage in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; her son's birth; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. W. discusses the importance to her survival of remaining with her sister and dreaming of her family and prewar life while in concentration camps.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
- W., Sara, -- 1923-
Corporate Bodies
- Starachowice (Concentration camp)
- DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Forced labor.
- Refugee camps.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Mutual aid.
- Postwar experiences.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Dreams.
- Sisters.
Places
- Poland.
- SzydĹowiec (WojewoĚdztwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
- Oral histories. -- aat