Susan W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Susan W., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1925 and grew up in Ungvar (presently Uz?h?horod, Ukraine). She recalls Hungarian occupation in 1938; anti-Jewish laws; German occupation in the spring of 1944; ghettoization in a brick factory; transport in May to Auschwitz; separation from her parents; her sister's selection in October; transport to Velbert; forced labor in a munitions factory; transfer to Terezi?n; and liberation by Soviet troops in May 1945. Mrs. W. recounts returning to Uz?h?horod; learning no family members had survived; living in Prague; flashbacks and depression, particularly over her sister's death; emigration to join relatives in Argentina; marriage; her husband's accidental death; emigration to the United States in 1954; and remarrying and having two children. She discusses her family's inability to understand her depression and shows documents and photographs.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- W., Susan, -- 1925-
Corporate Bodies
- Terezín (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar effects.
- Hungarian occupation.
- Postwar experiences.
- Jews -- Ukraine -- Uz︠h︡horod.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Forced labor.
- Sisters.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Ungvár ghetto.
- Velbert (Germany : Concentration camp)
- Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
- Czechoslovakia.
- Argentina.
- Prague (Czech Republic)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat