Halina S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2747
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Halina S., who was born in Krako?w, Poland in 1929. She describes her loving family; the outbreak of war; fleeing with her family to S?omniki in 1940; returning to Krako?w; living with her family in a village to avoid ghettoization; returning with her family to S?omniki; entering a labor camp to join her older brother and sister as advised by her parents (she never saw them again); deportation to the Krako?w ghetto; her brother advising her to volunteer to move to P?aszo?w; transfer to Schindler's factory; Schindler arranging an easier job for her; visiting her brother in P?aszo?w with Schindler's assistance; disinterring and burning corpses in P?aszo?w after Schindler's factory was closed in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; special treatment because they were on "Schindler's list"; encountering a friend from P?aszo?w and helping each other; and transfer to Brne?nec. Mrs. S. relates the relatively good conditions in Schindler's factory; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Krako?w; reunion with her brother; meeting her half-brothers and sister; fleeing with her brother to Berlin; and emigration to the United States.

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

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