Ann F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0455
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Ann F., who was born in 1925, in Zdun?ska Wola, Poland. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; attending a private Jewish school; German invasion; fleeing east; returning home; ghettoization; her father's Polish friends bringing them food; a public hanging; liquidation of the ghetto in 1942; separation from her family (she never saw them again); a suicide in the cattle train transfer to the ?o?dz? ghetto; living with a cousin; a friend's family sharing food with her; transfer to Cze?stochowa in 1943; slave labor in a munitions factory; meeting her future husband; an older friend caring for her; transfer to Ravensbru?ck, Burgau, and Tu?rkheim; a death march to Allach; liberation by United States troops in spring 1945; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp, with a cousin in Munich, and in Landsberg displaced persons camp; reunion with her boyfriend; marriage in 1946; her daughter's birth in 1947; and emigration to the United States in 1951. Ms. F. discusses difficulties sleeping and nervousness resulting from her experiences, and sharing her story with her daughter.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

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

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