Hilda T. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Hilda T. who was born in Iglo?, Czechoslovakia (presently Spis?ska Nova? Ves, Slovakia) in 1904. She recalls her mother's death when she was five; studying in Brno; her family's move to Vienna; good relations with non-Jews prior to 1934; participating in Sportklub Hakoah; meeting her husband there; hiding a union leader after the Nazis came to power; her husband's arrest on Kristallnacht; his release providing he left Austria within two weeks; the union leader obtaining Swedish visas for them; and emigration to Sweden, then the United States via Norway. Mrs T. describes establishing themselves; her daughter's and grandson's participation in sports; and a reunion of former Hakoah members in Israel.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (3/4" u-matic)
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., Hilda, -- 1904-
Corporate Bodies
- Sportklub Hakoah.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Postwar experiences.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migration.
- Husband and wife.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
Places
- Czechoslovakia.
- Spišská Nová Ves (Slovakia)
- Vienna (Austria)
- Brno (Czech Republic)
- Norway.
- Sweden.
- Igló (Hungary)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat