Ilona S. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Ilona S., who was born in Kapuva?r, Hungary in 1917. She recalls attending Jewish and secular schools; cordial relations with non-Jews; marriage in 1939; moving to Pa?pa; her daughter's birth in 1941; German occupation; her husband's arrest; seeing him only one more time; expulsion from her home; forced transfer to Budapest; the birth of her second daughter; bombing of the Jewish hospital; living in the ghetto; an accident in which the baby was seriously burned; cold, hunger and lack of sanitary facilities; liberation by Soviet troops in 1945; her older daughter's death; learning her parents and sister had not survived; returning home; learning in 1947 that her husband had not survived; remarriage to a man whose family had perished; their successful winery; the birth of their child; government confiscation of their business; illegal emigration to Austria in the mid 1950s; help from her uncle in Vienna; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. S. discusses her husband's emotional problems; her career; difficulty sharing her experiences because of her family losses; and the importance of emotional support from her children and grandchildren.

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