Etta S. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Etta S. who was born in Miskolc, Hungary in 1921. She recalls her father's work for the Jewish community; his scholarliness and extensive library; attending a private Jewish school; apprenticing at a fashion salon in Miskolc, then Budapest, and at the same time, attending a private city college and Jewish student organized classes (MIEFHOE); German invasion in March 1944; a death march to Innsbruck, then train transfer to Ravensbrück; the humiliation of having her head shaved; a veteran prisoner advising her; slave labor in a Siemens factory; losing her faith in God; having to stand naked for a seemingly endless roll call (appell) on Christmas Eve; transfer to Burgau, Turkheim, then Allach; illness; a shrapnel wound; liberation by United States troops; surgery by U.S. doctors; returning home; learning her parents and four siblings had perished; traveling to Budapest; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; working as an UNRRA translator in Feldafing and Fürth; meeting her future husband; an emotional Passover seder; emigration to the United States; and raising two sons who attended Harvard and Yale. Ms. S. discusses difficulty sharing her story; continuing nightmares; and her granddaughter's death in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, which further eroded her belief in God.

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