Lola J. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Lola J., who was born in Cze?stochowa, Poland in 1926. She recalls her father's death in 1935; German invasion; ghettoization; one brother's escape to the Soviet zone; forced labor in a HASAG factory; mass deportations which included her sisters and mother; conversion of the ghetto to a camp; receiving extra food from one German; encouraging each other by singing; sharing extra food with her remaining sister; liberation by Soviet troops in January 1945; reunion with another sister in Feldafing displaced persons camp, then with her brother; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. J. discusses her frailty due to her experiences; pervasive nightmares; and being overwhelmed when she tried to write about her experiences.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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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
- J., Lola, -- 1926-
Corporate Bodies
- Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft.
- Feldafing (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Concentration camps -- Songs and music.
- Refugee camps.
- Nightmares.
- Child survivors.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Mutual aid.
- Postwar experiences.
- Postwar effects.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Forced labor.
- Jews -- Poland -- Częstochowa.
- Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
- Sisters.
Places
- Poland.
- Częstochowa (Poland)
- Częstochowa ghetto.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat