Betty R. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1002
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Betty R., who was born in Kielce, Poland. She recalls her family's active membership in revisionist Zionist organizations; an affluent childhood; German invasion when she was thirteen; her father and one brother fleeing to the Soviet zone (her father perished); public humiliation of Jews; forced labor; ghettoization; marriage; a mass killing of children; deportation with her husband to Pionki; slave labor in an ammunition factory; a public hanging; escaping with her husband; hiding in the woods; arrest; deportation to Oranienburg; her transfer to Ravensbru?ck; efforts to maintain morale; liberation by the Swedish Red Cross; transfer to Sweden; reunion with her brother; joining her husband illegally in Salzburg via Krako?w and emigration to the United States. Mrs R. discusses depression resulting from her experiences; her sense of anger and bitterness as a survivor; and her wish that people understand the impossible circumstances imposed upon Jews and that they did not "go to death like sheep."

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: Morris R. Holocaust testimony [husband] (HVT-1007), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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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