Celia M. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Celia M., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1927. She recalls her large family; her father's death in 1930; German invasion; ghettoization resulting in overcrowding, starvation, cold, epidemics, and frequent deaths; her older brother's deportation; and deportation to Auschwitz with her family in 1944. Mrs. M. recounts meeting her older brother; separation from her mother, two sisters and a nephew (they were gassed upon arrival); the importance of remaining with her two sisters; the death march to Ravensbru?ck; transfer four weeks later to Neustadt; work in a munitions factory; stealing potatoes for her sisters; and liberation by Soviet troops. She tells of returning to ?o?dz?; reunion with her brother; escaping to the American zone in January 1946; living in a displaced persons camp; and emigration to relatives in the United States in 1949.
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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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- M., Celia, -- 1927-
Corporate Bodies
- Neustadt-Glewe (Concentration camp)
- Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
- Brothers and sisters.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Refugee camps.
- Death marches.
- Forced labor.
- Sisters.
- Child survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Mutual aid.
- Antisemitism -- Postwar.
Places
- Łódź (Poland)
- Łódź ghetto.
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat