Dorothy H. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2615
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Dorothy H., who was born in W?oszczowa (Poland) in 1925, and raised in Cze?stochowa. She recounts ghettoization; slave labor at HASAG-Pelzery with her father and brothers (her mother was killed); transfer to Ravensbru?ck, then Leipzig; a German who provided extra food; liberation; returning to Cze?stochowa; reunion with her father and brothers; marriage; moving to Germany; her son's birth in Landsberg; and emigration to the United States. Ms. H. notes she did not share her story with her son because she did not want to bring back painful memories.

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

  • H., Dorothy, -- 1925-

Corporate Bodies

  • Częstochowa (Concentration camp)
  • Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
  • Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft.

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Brothers and sisters.
  • Fathers and daughters.
  • Child survivors.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Women.

Places

  • Włoszczowa (Poland)
  • Częstochowa (Poland)
  • Jews -- Poland -- Częstochowa.
  • Poland.
  • Leipzig (Germany : Concentration camp)
  • Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
  • Częstochowa ghetto.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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