Mancy K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3094
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Mancy K., who was born in Satu Mare, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1917, one of five children. She recalls her family's orthodoxy; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish measures; German invasion in 1944; ghettoization; deportation with her family to Auschwitz; remaining with her sister; receiving extra food when her sister sewed for the block leader; working in the hospital; transfer to Hochweiler; slave labor; working in the hospital; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; transfer to Sweden; kindness from the Swedes; learning two brothers had survived in the Soviet Union (her parents, one sister, and her sister's family were killed); her remaining sister's return to Romania (she presently lives in Israel); emigration to join relatives in Canada; and marriage. Ms. K. discusses the importance to her survival of being with her sister and a recent trip to her hometown. She shows photographs and memorabilia.

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

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