Eva S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Eva S., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1926. She recalls anti-Jewish laws beginning in 1939; German invasion in March 1944; obtaining permission to join her parents in Szeged in May; ghettoization in June; separation from her parents upon arrival at Auschwitz (she never saw her mother again); briefly seeing and waving to her father when transporting food from one camp to another (she never saw him again); transfer to Kaufering in November; forced labor at the Landsberg airport from March to April 1945; transfer to Allach; the disappearance of guards during the death march; and liberation by United States troops in May 1945. Mrs. S. recounts returning to Hungary; living in displaced persons camps in Germany until 1949; and emigration to the United States.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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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
- S., Eva, -- 1926-
Corporate Bodies
- Landsberg (Concentration camp)
- Kaufering (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Hungary -- Szeged.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Death marches.
- Refugee camps.
- Forced labor.
- Fathers and daughters.
Places
- Hungary.
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Szeged ghetto.
- Szeged (Hungary)
- Allach (Germany : Concentration camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat