Anna and Joel K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2275
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Anna K., who was born in Hajdu?na?na?s, Hungary in 1930 and her husband Joel K., who was born in Megyaszo? in 1923. Ms. K. recounts her family's move to Debrecen; attending a Jewish day school; cordial relations with non-Jews; her family's orthodoxy and strong Hungarian identity; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions, including wearing the yellow star; ghettoization; suicides and deaths from hunger; deportation with her family to Strasshof; slave labor for local farmers; local farmers bringing them food; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; her bat mitzvah; once seeing a cousin in another section and learning of his death shortly thereafter; her mother's encouragement when she lost her will to live; transfer with her family on April 10; and liberation from the train by United States troops.

Extent and Medium

2 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

  • K., Joel, -- 1923-
  • K., Anna, -- 1930-

Corporate Bodies

  • Mizrachi.
  • Strasshof (Concentration camp)
  • Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Postwar effects.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Nightmares.
  • Escapes.
  • Death marches.
  • Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
  • Concentration camp inmates -- Family relationships.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Jewish councils.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Video tapes.
  • Women.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Bat mitzvah.
  • Concentration camp inmates -- Religious life.
  • Fathers and sons.
  • Family.
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Hungary.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- Hungary -- Debrecen.

Places

  • Debrecen (Hungary)
  • Miskolc (Hungary)
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • Fertőrákos (Hungary)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Győr (Hungary)
  • Hungary.
  • Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Personal narratives.
  • Újpest (Budapest, Hungary)
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Hajdúnánás (Hungary)
  • IV. Kerület (Budapest, Hungary)
  • Kerepestarcsa (Hungary)
  • Megyaszó (Hungary)
  • Debrecen ghetto.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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