Edith W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Edith W., who was born in Krako?w, Poland in 1916, the youngest of eight children. Mrs. W. recalls Jewish holidays; antisemitic harassment; friendships with non-Jews; German invasion; men escaping to the Soviet Union, including her husband (she never saw him again); remaining with her son and mother; ghettoization; her mother's murder; working at Oskar Schindler's factory; her child's selection for death; transfer to P?aszo?w; living at Schindler's factory camp; asking Schindler to move her boyfriend to the factory; deportation of the women to Auschwitz, then Bru?nnlitz; sabotaging the ammunition on which she worked; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Krako?w; reunion with her boyfriend; moving to Regensburg, Germany; Schindler attending her wedding; emigration to the United States; assistance from HIAS; and her son's birth. Mrs. W. notes sharing experiences with her son, grandson, and school groups; maintaining contact with fellow survivors; recurring nightmares; and assisting Schindler the rest of his life.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- W., Edith, -- 1916-
- Schindler, Oskar, -- 1908-1974.
Corporate Bodies
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
- HIAS (Agency)
- Brünnlitz (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar effects.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Mutual aid.
- Husband -- Death.
- Postwar experiences.
- Forced labor.
- Sabotage.
- Nightmares.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Poland -- Kraków.
- Children -- Death.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
Places
- Kraków (Poland)
- Poland.
- Kraków ghetto.
- Regensburg (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat