Celia L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Celia L., who was born in Bia?a Podlaska, Poland in 1922. She recalls her father's Hasidism; brief Soviet invasion; not fleeing when the Soviets left because her father thought the war would end soon; forced labor under German occupation; transfer to the Mie?dzyrzec Podlaski ghetto; a warning from a German about an impending round-up; hiding; deportation with her family to Majdanek; separation upon arrival (they did not survive); slave labor; transfer to Skarz?ysko-Kamienna; improved conditions; transfer to Cze?stochowa; a Polish worker offering to hide her; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to ?o?dz?; living in Landsberg and Fo?hrenwald displaced persons camps; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. L. shows photographs and a ring she received as a gift in Skarz?ysko.
Extent and Medium
3 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
People
- L., Celia, -- 1922-
Corporate Bodies
- Częstochowa (Concentration camp)
- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp)
- Majdanek (Concentration camp)
- Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Jews -- Poland -- Międzyrzec Podlaski.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Refugee camps.
- Postwar experiences.
- Hiding.
Places
- Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Biała Podlaska (Poland)
- Międzyrzec Podlaski ghetto.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat