Vera V. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Vera V., who was born in Gyo?r, Hungary in 1927. She recalls a sheltered childhood in a middle class family; increasing antisemitism after 1938; German occupation in 1944; her mother arranging to hide her and her cousin in a village with family friends; returning home with assistance from her governess after the family refused to hide them any longer; her father's and brother's draft into a forced labor battalion; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; assistance from a Slovakian kapo (she was from the same town as her mother); transfer with her mother to Ravensbru?ck, then a Siemens factory in Neustadt; disappearance of a woman who gave birth; assistance from a German guard; a death march toward Czechoslovakia; disappearance of the guards; liberation by United States troops; walking to Domousice; traveling by train to Prague, then Gyo?r; and reunion with her father and brother. Mrs. V. recounts attending medical school; marriage to another physician; her sons' births; and emigration to the United States in 1968. She discusses the importance of her mother's help; reluctance to share her experiences with her children; and a dream of not being able to leave Hungary with her children.

2 videocassettes (betacam sp)