Regina N. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1884
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Regina N., who was born in Myszyniec, Poland in 1920. She recounts her father's death when she was a baby; antisemitic violence; participating in Zionist youth groups; child care work in Warsaw, then P?ock; German invasion; her mother's death from cancer; ghettoization; hiding during round-ups; deportation to Dzia?dowo; escaping upon arrival; traveling to Starachowice; ghettoization; marriage; transfer to Starachowice camp; slave labor in a munitions factory; pregnancy and childbirth (the child was taken after three days); a failed escape attempt by the camp resistance; transfer to Birkenau; public hanging of an escapee; encountering her husband; a death march in January 1945, then train transport to Bergen-Belsen; sharing extra food; liberation by British troops; living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; reunion with her husband; moving to Regensburg; living in Brussels; her son's birth; emigrating to Israel; moving to the United States in 1957; and her daughter's birth. Ms. N. shows photographs.

Extent and Medium

5 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

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