Raquel F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3159
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Raquel F., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1928. She recalls attending a Jewish school; antisemitic harassment by Polish children; her father's emigration to Argentina in 1938; German invasion; ghettoization; forced factory labor with her mother; joining a Zionist youth group; sharing food and caring for each other; deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944; separation from her mother and brother; remaining with a friend; their transfer to another camp; slave labor manufacturing airplane radios; Allied bombings; walking to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; hospitalization in Belsen and Hamburg; reunion with her brother; communication from their father; joining him in Argentina via Uruguay in 1947; marriage; and her father's remarriage. Mrs. F. discusses relations between national groups in the camps; the importance to her survival of luck, youth, and a strong will; and sharing memories of the war years with her brother. She is briefly joined by her daughter.

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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