Leokadia W. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Leokadia W., who was born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1918 and grew up in Nowy Korczyn. She recalls working in her brother's textile factory in ?o?dz?; her mother's death in 1938; German invasion; a temporary move to Warsaw; joining a resistance movement after hearing of the mass killing of an entire village including her brothers; serving as a resistance courier; returning to Nowy Korczyn thinking it safer in a small town; disagreements between the Judenrat and resisters; hiding with a non-Jewish friend during an aktion in 1942; and obtaining false papers as a Pole. Mrs. W. recounts joining her sister and nephew in a village; working as a maid and in a HASAG factory in Cze?stochowa; sending provisions to her sister; liberation by Soviet troops in January 1945; joining her sister in ?o?dz?; fleeing to Germany via Prague to escape antisemitism; marriage and her son's birth in Paris; emigrating to Israel; the birth of a handicapped son; and relocating to the United States so he could be treated. This reflective and insightful testimony contains many details and discussions of events; the way her memory functions; others people's responses and stories; her difficulty communicating her experiences; and her relationships with her sons.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)