Pearl D. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Pearl D., who was born in 1929. She recalls attending Hungarian school; cordial relations with non-Jews prior to 1938; her parents sheltering her from any unpleasantness; having to wear the yellow star; ghettoization in another town; transport seven weeks later to Auschwitz; separation from her family except her older sister; transfer to a slave labor camp; her sister doing part of her work; a German guard giving them extra food; transfer six months later to Bergen-Belsen; no provision of food or water; her sister keeping her alive; liberation by British troops; her sister's death ten days later; returning home seeking family; learning they all were killed; living with a cousin in Czechoslovakia; marriage in Prague; emigration to Israel, Canada, then the United States; and the births of three sons. Ms. D. discusses the importance of her sister's help to her survival; her depression after the war; and not sharing her experiences with her children, wanting to shelter them.

2 videocassettes