Anna T. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Anna T., who was born in Poland in 1919. She recalls German occupation in 1939; her family's deportation in 1942 (she never saw her parents again); mass killings and round-ups; deportation to Krychow; escaping with two others; receiving shelter and food from Jews in a village; escaping to the woods during mass killings of the Jews; hiding in a barn with assistance from a Polish family; joining Jewish partisans; liquidation of the partisans; hiding in the woods with several others; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mrs. T. describes returning to her hometown; reunion with her sister and brother-in-law; traveling to ?o?dz?, then Stettin; her first son's birth in Wallenburg; and emigration to the United States where her second son was born.
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.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- T., Anna, -- 1919-
Subjects
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Forests.
- Partisans.
- Escapes.
- Postwar experiences.
- Mutual aid.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Poland.
- Krychow (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Stettin (Germany)
- Łódź (Poland)
- Wallenburg (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat