Toby K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3129
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Toby K., who was born in Vis?eu de Sus, Romania in 1922. In addition to information included in a previously recorded testimony (HVT-2856), Ms. K. recounts being hidden from police by non-Jewish friends in 1939; the wedding of the rabbi's son in the Oradea ghetto; never losing hope of survival in camps; praying silently every day in Auschwitz/Birkenau and other camps; assistance from the Swedish Red Cross after liberation; and challenges of living as othodox Jews in Stockholm and O?rebro. She discusses the importance of being with her sisters to their survival; continuing to believe that her two brothers may have survived; finding relatives in Israel; not sharing her story with her son until recently; frequent nightmares; particularly painful memories during Jewish holidays; and speaking about her experiences to schools.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (betacam sp)

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Related material: Toby K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2856). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • Toby, K., -- 1922-

Corporate Bodies

  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
  • Birkenau (Concentration camp)
  • Svenska röda korset.

Subjects

  • Mutual aid.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Marriage in Jewish ghettos.
  • Hungarian occupation.
  • Postwar effects.
  • Childbirth in concentration camps.
  • Nightmares.
  • Concentration camp inmates -- Religious life.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Death marches.
  • Sisters.
  • Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
  • Forced labor.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- Romania -- Oradea.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Women.

Places

  • Oradea (Romania)
  • Romania.
  • Örebro (Sweden)
  • Stockholm (Sweden)
  • Oradea ghetto.
  • Vișeu de Sus (Romania)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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