Chana S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Chana S., who was born in Da?browa Go?rnicza, Poland. She recalls attending business school in Sosnowiec; German invasion; volunteering for forced labor in 1941 so her sister would not have to go; slave labor in Gru?nberg; assistance from the camp elder and a neighbor from home; a death march to Bergen-Belsen in winter 1944/45; an aborted escape attempt; a beating; not reporting deaths in order to obtain additional rations; contracting typhus; liberation (she was not conscious); returning to Poland seeking relatives (only two cousins survived out of her family of 200); marriage in ?o?dz?; leaving Poland due to overt antisemitism; living in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; her son's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Ms. S. discusses her gratitude and love for the United States, and fears for her children when they were younger based on her war experiences.
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
- S., Chana, -- 1924-
Corporate Bodies
- Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- Death marches.
- Refugee camps.
- Antisemitism -- Postwar.
- Mutual aid.
Places
- Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Grünberg (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland)
- Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat