Rose D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Rose D., who was born in Poland. She recalls her three older brothers were married and had children; her parents' deaths before the war; incarceration in a concentration camp in Poland for about four weeks; transfer to Buchenwald; slave labor in a munitions factory; sharing extra water with fellow prisoners; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; learning four nephews were the sole family survivors; emigration to the United States in late 1947; marriage; and raising a daughter. Ms. D. notes health problems resulting from her camp experiences; her continuing belief in God; and difficulty discussing her war experiences and losses.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
People
- D., Rose.
Corporate Bodies
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Postwar effects.
- Mutual aid.
- Faith.
- Forced labor.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat