Magda L. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Magda L., who was born in Uz?h?horod, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1916. She recalls living in Velykyi? Bereznyi?; returning to Uz?h?horod; a rich cultural life; observing Jewish holidays; Hungarian occupation in 1938; marriage in 1940; her husband's and brother's forced service in a Hungarian labor battalion (they did not survive); remaining home when her mother and sister were ghettoized; deportation with them to Auschwitz; her mother's selection for death; transfer to Guben in August 1944, then Bergen-Belsen in February 1945; and liberation by British troops. Mrs. L. remembers recuperating in Celle; traveling to Prague; reunion with her sisters; convalescing in a sanatorium; a year's visit with her sister in London in 1946; joining the Communist Party to keep her job; remarriage; emigration to the United States in 1966; and sharing her experiences with her children.

2 videocassettes