Pola G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Pola G., who was born in Stopnica, Poland in 1926, one of five children. She recalls their traditional shtetl life; German invasion in 1939; ghettoization; transport with her sister and sister-in-law to Skarz?ysko-Kamienna in 1942; slave labor in a munitions factory; smuggling food with help from civilian workers; their transfer to Cze?stochowa in 1944, then to Ravensbru?ck, Burgau, and Dachau; being wounded during liberation by United States troops; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; marriage in 1945; moving to Brussels; her son's birth; emigration to Israel in January 1949; her other son's birth; and emigration to join her sister in the United States in 1959.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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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.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- G., Pola, -- 1926-
Corporate Bodies
- Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp)
- Częstochowa (Concentration camp)
- Feldafing (Displaced persons camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Burgau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Child survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Forced labor.
- Sisters.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Poland -- Stopnica.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
Places
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Poland.
- Stopnica (Województwo Świętokrzyskie, Poland)
- Stopnica ghetto.
- Israel.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat