Regina F. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Regina F., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1926. She recalls the family move to Aleksandro?w Kujawski; the successful family business; their affluent and happy life; antisemitic harassment; German invasion; returning to Warsaw; ghettoization in 1940; her father's and sister's deportation; her mother's and brother's deportation; going to Mila 18 in 1942 and discovering her grandmother and siblings, who had been hiding; hiding in a bunker; discovery and deportation to Majdanek with her sister; their transfer to Auschwitz; a guard allowing her sister to remain with her; a privileged position in Canada Kommando; smuggling food to others; a baby's birth; disposing of the baby to save the mother; transfer to Ravensbru?ck in 1945; escape, with aid from a guard, during transfer elsewhere; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Warsaw and ?o?dz? seeking relatives (she found none); living in displaced persons camps in Landsberg and Stuttgart; marriage; her son's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1950. She discusses her lack of desire to live after the war; her lost youth; a song about the Warsaw ghetto; and never discussing her experiences with her children and other survivors. She shows photographs.

3 videocassettes