Pearl B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Pearl B., who was born in Rozwado?w, Poland in 1921. She recalls attending school in Jastkowice; her mother's death when she was five; her father's remarriage; cordial relations with non-Jews; her oldest brother's emigration to the United States in 1939; German invasion; many fleeing to the Soviet zone; obtaining food illegally from local Poles; hiding family valuables with Polish neighbors; her father's and brother's deportation to a labor camp; their release after six months; being beaten by two Ukrainians; receiving help from a former teacher; a round-up of Jews in July 1942; being hidden by a Pole; obtaining false papers from a priest; volunteering for forced labor in Germany using the false papers; being taken to Sandomierz, then Cze?stochowa; transport to Grevenbroich; factory work; obtaining extra food working as a housekeeper; a severe illness which left her partially blind; working in Du?sseldorf; regaining vision after a fall; being condemned to death for defying an SS order; bribing guards to release her; moving to Ju?lich; joining a labor brigade; being identified as an escapee; being saved when the executioner was killed in an Allied bombing; and liberation by United States troops.
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
People
- B., Pearl, -- 1921-
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- False papers.
- Hiding.
- Forced labor.
- Aid by non-Jews.
Places
- Rozwadów (Poland)
- Jastkowice (Poland)
- Poland.
- Jülich (Germany)
- Częstochowa (Poland)
- Sandomierz (Poland)
- Düsseldorf (Germany)
- Grevenbroich (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat