Katherine A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2870
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Katherine A., who was born in Luc?enec, Czechoslovakia in 1921. She describes growing up in an affluent family; cordial relations with non-Jews; her sister's marriage in a church to a Slovak; Hungarian occupation in 1938; living in Budapest; German occupation in 1944; her brother-in-law, who was a Slovak diplomat, arranging to smuggle her and her sister to Slovakia; living as non-Jews using false papers; joining partisans; hiding in a forest; staying briefly with her sister and brother-in-law in Ruz?omberok; hiding after her brother-in-law's arrest; liberation by Soviet troops; learning her parents had been killed; marriage to a survivor; the birth of her child; emigrating to Israel via Paris in 1949; and joining her younger sister in the United States. Mrs. A. discusses the importance of remembering the Holocaust; sharing her story with her children and grandchildren; and remembering those who helped her during the war.

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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