Pearl G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2909
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Pearl G., who was born in Uz?h?horod, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Ukraine) in 1916, the youngest of eight children. She recalls a pleasant childhood in an affluent, Orthodox family; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; marriage in 1938; Hungarian occupation in 1939; anti-Jewish measures; her husband's deportation in April 1942; German invasion in 1944; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz in May 1944; separation from her parents and niece upon arrival; transfer to Stutthof with her sister, then to Szerokopas?; assignment as a group leader due to her German language skills; assistance from a German officer; the shooting of every tenth prisoner for no apparent reason; a death march; escaping with her sister and friends; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mrs. G. describes traveling with her sister via Poland to Uz?horod in April 1945; reunion with her brothers; learning her husband had been killed; remarriage in October; emigration to the United States in August 1946; and her daughter's birth in October.

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

  • G., Pearl, -- 1916-

Corporate Bodies

  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • World Hashomer Hatzair.
  • Stutthof (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Postwar experiences.
  • Husband -- Death.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Sisters.
  • Death marches.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Forced labor.
  • Jews -- Ukraine -- Uz︠h︡horod.
  • Hungarian occupation.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Escapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Women.
  • Video tapes.

Places

  • Ungvár ghetto.
  • Szerokopaś (Poland : Concentration camp)
  • Austria.
  • Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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