Katherine A. Holocaust testimony
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
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This testimony is open with permission.
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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
- A., Katherine, -- 1921-
Subjects
- Forests.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Partisans.
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- False papers.
- Sisters.
- Hungarian occupation.
- Postwar experiences.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Slovakia.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Budapest (Hungary)
- RuzĚomberok (Slovakia)
- Czechoslovakia.
- LucĚenec (Slovakia)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat