Zyna K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Zyna K., the youngest of seven children. She recalls the emigrations of three siblings; her mother's death in 1939, before the war; Soviet occupation; German invasion in 1941; a futile attempt to flee to the Soviet Union; ghettoization; mass killings and burials; and liquidation of the ghetto. Mrs. K. recounts transport to Ri?ga; working in an ammunition factory; transfer after six months by ship with her sister to Stutthof; learning of her father's death; forced labor in Torun?; a death march in 1944; and liberation. She tells of being cared for by a Jewish family in Lublin; meeting her future husband; contact with siblings in South Africa, Israel, and Ri?ga; and emigration to Israel in 1957 and Canada in 1961.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- K., Zyna, -- 1922-
Corporate Bodies
- Stutthof (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Mass killings.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Soviet occupation.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Places
- Canada.
- RiĚga (Latvia : Concentration camp)
- TorunĚ (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Lublin (Poland)
- Israel.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat