Meta N. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Meta N., who was born in Oberdorf, a small town near Stuttgart, Germany in 1915, and who became deaf at the age of two. Mrs. N. discusses the emigration of her brothers to the United States before 1941; daily life in Oberdorf between 1937 and 1941; and her deportation by cattle car to Ri?ga/Jungfernhof, Latvia, in November, 1941. She tells how she succeeded in hiding her deafness from guards and officials, once escaping a selection of deaf and other handicapped people, and how, knowing she was deaf, other prisoners helped her. She recalls the move from Jungfernhof to Kaiserwald in 1943, then to Stutthof/Danzig in 1944; being sent as a slave laborer to Korbin, Poland, where, near the battlefront, they slept in tents in the middle of winter; liberation by the Russians; and being sent to Bromberg, Poland, where she remained until the end of the war. Mrs. N. also speaks of her emigration to the United States in 1946; the tearful reunion with her siblings; her marriage in 1949; her children and grandchildren; and her desire to forget about the past.
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
- N., Meta, -- 1915-
Corporate Bodies
- Stutthof (Concentration camp)
- Jungfernhof (Concentration camp)
- Kaiserwald (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- People with disabilities.
- Mutual aid.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Deaf.
Places
- Korbin (Poland)
- Bromberg (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Oberdorf (Germany)
- Bydgoszcz (Poland)
- Riga (Latvia : Concentration camp)
- Danzig (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc