Kate B. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Kate B., who was born in Be?ke?scsaba, Hungary in 1929. She recalls her father, who was a distinguished physician; antisemitic incidents in school; exemption from living in the ghetto due to her father's position; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944; separation from her parents upon arrival; finding her mother; their separation during a selection (she never saw her again); cutting trees in a labor camp; hospitalization; assistance from a doctor who knew her father; and liberation by Soviet troops while they were digging their own graves. Mrs. B. describes transfer to Trachenberg (presently Z?migro?d), Lublin, and Minsk; returning to Budapest in September 1945; entering university; two survivor friends who committed suicide; estrangement from her father due to his remarriage; her marriage in 1949; reconciliation with her father; and emigration to Israel, Germany, and then the United States in 1959. She notes her career in medical research with her husband, and their children's outstanding academic careers; the importance to her survival of being with and being inspired by her mother; recurring nightmares; and changes in her sense of identity in different locations.

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