Edita Š. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Edita Š., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1923. She recalls growing up in Košice; Hungarian occupation in 1938; anti-Jewish restrictions; German occupation in spring 1944; forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau in June; separation from her parents (she never saw them again); remaining with her sister and two friends; transfer three days later to Kasierwald, then to Rīga, Dundangen, and Stutthof; slave labor; walking to other camps; being injured in January; her sister and friends assisting her; hiding from the Germans; being shot while escaping (her sister and one friend were killed); hospitalization in Gdańsk for nine months; hearing from her cousin (she considered him her brother), her only surviving relative; returning home via Katowice and Žilina; several surgeries for her injury; marriage; and the births of two children. Mrs. Š. discusses pervasive, painful memories; the importance to her survival of her hope of returning home and assistance from her sister and friends; difficulty believing what she survived; and her invalid condition due to her war experiences.

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