Ruth A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2678
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Ruth A., who was born in Wyszko?w, Poland in 1926. She recalls her family moving to Warsaw; German occupation in 1939; ghettoization; her father's death from starvation; escaping to Mie?dzyrzec Podlaski with her mother and sister; working for a farmer who hid her Jewish identity; learning her sister and aunt were deported to Treblinka and her mother shot on the way; working on another farm for two months; being identified as a Jew; returning to the Mie?dzyrzec ghetto; following her German friend's advice to volunteer as a Polish slave laborer in order to get to Germany; working on a farm near Augsburg, hiding her Jewish identity; still being afraid of revealing herself as a Jew after liberation by United States troops; and returning to Poland in 1945. Mrs. A. describes moving from Warsaw to ?o?dz?; staying in a Jewish orphanage; revealing her true name for the first time; meeting her future husband; illegally traveling to Germany; marriage in the Leipheim displaced persons camp; moving to Marseille; traveling on an overcrowded ship to Palestine; incarceration in Cyprus; difficulties living in Palestine; her husband's army service in the War of Independence; emigration to the United States; and reunion with her sister. She discusses her belief in God during the Holocaust.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)

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

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