Agnes B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Agnes B., a Romani, one of nine children. She recalls her brother's deportation from Königsberg (Kaliningrad) in 1938; being sent with her husband and many family members to Hohenbruch; forced labor; a severe beating after attempting to escape; relatives and friends being beaten to death; liberation by Soviet troops; her child's birth; learning her husband had been sterilized after her child was conceived; and moving to Berlin, Schwerin, Celle, and then Munich. Mrs. B. notes she could not endure those conditions again (she would kill herself rather than try to survive) and ends her testimony because her memories are too painful for her to continue. Gertrud B. appears briefly.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
- B., Agnès.
Subjects
- Romanies -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
- Romanies -- Nazi persecution -- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Romani.
- Concentration camp inmates.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Postwar effects.
- Forced labor.
- Escapes.
- Husband and wife.
- Involuntary sterilization -- Germany.
Places
- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
- Hohenbruch (Germany)
- Berlin (Germany)
- Celle (Germany)
- Schwerin (Germany : Land kreis)
- Köningsberg (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat