Jeanette E. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1181
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Jeanette E., who was born in Myszko?w, Poland in 1923. She recalls antisemitic harassment; attending boarding school in Cze?stochowa; German invasion; confiscation of her father's coal mine; moving to the Zawiercie ghetto; forced labor with her sister in a camp; joining her family in the Sosnowiec ghetto; forced labor in the Be?dzin ghetto; obtaining false papers; hiding during a round-up; escaping to the Kamionka ghetto; being hidden by her future husband; their escape with help from the underground; hiding in bunkers; being smuggled to Hungary with help from Poles and No'ar ha-Tsiyioni; marriage; their arrest in Baja; separation from her husband (they informed her he died); transfer to Budapest; escaping; reconnecting with No'ar ha-Tsiyoni; being smuggled to Arad; arrest; escaping to Bucharest; embarking for Palestine; debarkation in Istanbul since her baby was due; her son's birth; traveling to Palestine in December 1944; learning her husband was alive; joining him in Munich; and their emigration to the United States in 1951. Ms. E. notes sharing her history with her older son, but stopping after he told her it made him cry; her other children not wanting to hear, but her younger son later showing interest; and difficulty telling him after years of silence.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

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

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