Judy J. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Judy J., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1937. She recalls summers with her maternal grandparents in Be?ke?s; her uncle's conscription into a forced labor battalion around 1941 (she never saw him again); her father's conscription two separate times and the loss of his medical practice; German invasion in March 1944; increased anti-Jewish restrictions; relatives moving to their home in a designated Jewish area; leaving Budapest with her parents on June 30, 1944 on the Kasztner train, ostensibly for Portugal; a brief layover in Linz, Austria; arrival at Bergen-Belsen; meager rations, poor sanitation, and frequent roll calls despite privileged treatment as members of the Kasztner group; attending a school organized by inmates; religious services on Rosh ha-Shanah; and transfer to Switzerland in December 1944 with the second Kasztner group. Mrs. J. recalls living in several places including Zurich and Geneva; the traumatic separation from her parents when attending boarding school; and emigration to the United States in 1946. She believes that she is "normal" due to her parent's provision of a constant sense of love and stability.

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