Eva R. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Eva R., who was born in approximately 1919, the youngest of ten children. She recalls living in a small village; her father's death; German invasion; forced labor; escaping with her brother, sister, and niece from a transport in October 1942; hiding in the woods, with a non-Jewish farmer, and in her niece's husband's town; entering Kielce concentration camp with her niece since hiding was too dangerous; slave labor in a HASAG factory for two and a half years; transfer to Cze?stochowa, Bergen-Belsen, Burgau, and Landsberg; Allied bombings; a death march to Allach; liberation by United States troops in April 1945; Red Cross assistance; hospitalization; her niece's death; reunion with one brother and another niece, her sole family survivors; living in a refugee camp near Munich; marriage in September 1945; her daughter's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Ms. R. notes her sisters were killed in hiding; the importance of her belief in God to her survival; "everyone was for themselves" in camps; and sharing her experiences only with other survivors.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- R., Eva, -- 1919?-
Corporate Bodies
- Landsberg (Concentration camp)
- Allach (Concentration camp)
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
- Kielce (Concentration camp)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Burgau (Concentration camp)
- Częstochowa (Concentration camp)
- Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft.
Subjects
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Forests.
- Postwar experiences.
- Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
- Faith.
- Hiding.
- Refugee camps.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Escapes.
- Sisters.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Death marches.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
Places
- Munich (Germany)
- Poland.
- Allach (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat