Lea I. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Lea I., who was born in Mszczono?w, Poland. She recalls compulsory relocation of all Jews to Warsaw; deportation to Majdanek; the hanging of an eight-year-old girl; transfer to Auschwitz/Birkenau, then to a forced labor camp near Prague; constant hunger; a soldier who threw her bread; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Mszczono?w; learning none of her family had survived; moving to ?o?dz?; marriage; her son's birth; and emigration to Israel, then to the United States two years later. Mrs. I. notes her strong belief in God and observance of the Jewish dietary laws.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- I., Lea.
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Majdanek (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Aid by non-Jews.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Postwar experiences.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
Places
- Mszczonów (Poland)
- Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat