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  1. Lucy F. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Lucy F., who was born in Odesa, Russia (presently Ukraine) in 1916. She recounts her mother's death during her birth; moving to Estonia with her father; his remarriage; living in Berlin; attending school in Switzerland; her father's death; living in France with her stepmother who had remarried; her conversion to Catholicism; the outbreak of war; visiting relatives in Estonia; attending university in London; traveling to France; expulsion for sheltering German Jewish refugees; moving to Portugal where her step-parents lived; working for a Portuguese Jewish organization...

  2. Kurt and Trude S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Kurt S., who was born in 1904 in Oelde, Westphalia, and his wife Trude S., who was born in Wiesbaden. Mr. S. recalls that his family was the only Jewish one in the neighborhood; antisemitism during high school; passing his law exams in 1928-1929; the boycott of Jewish businesses; losing his job as a result of the Nuremberg laws; and taking a new job in Wiesbaden where he then met Mrs. S. Mrs. S. speaks of her childhood memories and religious observance; nationalist protest in 1930; and anti-Jewish actions in 1934. Mr S. describes his arrest during Kristallnacht and th...

  3. Mike R. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Mike R., who was born in Pogost-Zagorodskiy, Poland (presently Belarus) in 1925. He recalls that his family was the wealthiest one in town; Soviet occupation in 1939; studying Russian in school; deportation with his family to Siberia in 1941 as capitalists; harsh conditions during the one-month train journey; incarceration in a primitive labor camp; their transfer five and a half months later to Asia; obtaining more food because there was more vegetation; enlisting in the Soviet military when he was eighteen; serving on the frontline in Poland; being hidden by Poles w...

  4. Mary L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Mary L., who was born in Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (now Croatia) in 1910. She recalls the beginning of World War I; her father's military service; living in Vienna from 1916 to 1918; the family's move to Berlin in 1926; working for an insurance company; Hitler's ascent to power; losing her job due to anti-Jewish laws; the anti-Jewish boycott in April 1933; returning to Zagreb; studying English in Britain in 1935; marriage to a Catholic; German invasion in April 1941; moving to the United States Consulate where her husband worked; anti-Jewish measures; denuncia...

  5. William N. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of William N., who was born in Zawiercie, Poland in 1923. He recalls antisemitic harassment; German invasion; fleeing to Wolbrom; returning after several days; forced labor; one brother fleeing to the Soviet Union; his other brother volunteering for forced labor in Germany, hoping to protect his parents and William N.; deportation to Ottmuth, then Fu?nfteichen/Marksta?dt in 1942; receiving packages from his parents through a Polish factory worker; a severe beating after being caught with extra food; his brother's arrival in 1943; frequently helping each other; their tran...

  6. Tobias S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Tobias S., who was born in Tarn?ow, Poland in 1925, one of two children. He recounts his family's move to Antwerp in 1926; attending a Jewish school; a one-year visit with relatives in Poland in 1935; attending a Jewish school there; attending a Talmudic high school in Belgium; German invasion; fleeing with his family to France; returning after encountering German soldiers; anti-Jewish restrictions including closing of his school and wearing the star; his sister's disappearance (he never saw her again); illegally traveling with his parents to Paris, then south using f...

  7. Harry G. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Harry G., who was born in Proste?jov, Czechoslovakia in 1932. He recalls his family's strong Czech patriotism (his father was a decorated veteran); expulsion from school in 1939; attending Jewish school; deportation to Theresienstadt, via Prague, with his mother and younger sister in spring 1942; living in a children's block; attending school; working in the gardens; maintaining contact with his mother and sister; participating in a musical production during a Red Cross visit; liberation by Soviet troops; transfer to Proste?jov with his sister; and learning of his mot...

  8. Eva M. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Eva M., who was born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1932. She tells of her mother's marriage, against her parents' wishes, to a non-Jew who converted to Judaism; her mother's father living with them after her grandmother's death; a close relationship with her grandfather; her mother and grandfather having to wear the yellow star after German invasion; continuing to attend school as a non-Jew; her grandfather being taken in a round-up (she never saw him again); her mother going into hiding; her mother's deportation in 1943; hiding her cousin in her house; her father threateni...

  9. Sylvia B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Sylvia B., who was born in Velykyi? Bereznyi?, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine), in 1928. Mrs. B. speaks of her early family life; her Orthodox upbringing; and the absence of prewar Czech antisemitism. She recalls the effects of the Hungarian occupation in 1939, including anti-Jewish regulations and a Jewish census in 1942; and continued Czech benevolence under Hungarian rule. She recounts the German occupation, during which she had to hide; the rumor-filled environment of Passover in 1944; the round-up of the town's Jews in a synagogue; and her deportation with her...

  10. Anne B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Anne B., who was born in Rexingen, Germany in 1931, the elder of two children. She recounts her mother confining them to their home on Kristallnacht; viewing the destroyed synagogue the next day; expulsion from school; her father's arrest; his return from Dachau four weeks later; expulsion from their home in 1939; a German woman who helped them obtain food; living with her grandparents; her father obtaining documents for him and her mother to emigrate to the United States; her mother's arrest in 1940; her release, conditional upon her leaving Germany within four days;...

  11. Edward H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Edward H., who was born in Sevlus?, Czechoslovakia (presently Vynohradiv, Ukraine) in approximately 1930. He recounts his father being sent for forced labor in 1943 (he never saw him again); ghettoization with his mother and extended family; deportation by Hungarian soldiers; transfer to German soldiers in Kos?ice; arrival at Auschwitz in April; selection with his brother for work; volunteering for transfer (his brother did not, wanting to stay with an uncle); train transport three weeks later to Dyhernfurth; slave labor; his father's best friend "watching over" him; ...

  12. Clara S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Clara S., who was born in Uz?h?horod, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine). She recalls her father's Zionist beliefs; attending a Zionist Hebrew school; Hungarian occupation; her brother's emigration to Palestine in 1938; hiding in Budapest with her family in 1941; returning to Uz?horod; German occupation in 1944; ghettoization in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from her family upon arrival; transfer to Ri?ga with her friends; slave labor on a farm; recovering from typhus with assistance from her friend's sister; transfer to Stutthof in December 19...

  13. Viola G. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Viola G., who was born in Kosyny, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1921, one of four children. She recalls attending Hungarian and Czech schools, then Hebrew gymnasium in Mukacheve; her parents joining her; Hungarian occupation; German occupation in March 1944; ghettoization; assistance from neighbors; transfer to a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation with her sister from her family (she never saw her parents again); assistance from a friend; slave labor digging ditches in a nearby area; receiving extra food and medication from civilian w...

  14. Jack M. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jack M., who was born in 1924, the youngest of eight children. He recounts living in Miecho?w, Poland; his family's orthodoxy and Zionism; recovering from polio in 1935; antisemitic harassment; German invasion in September 1939; anti-Jewish restrictions; ghettoization in 1941; the role of the Judenrat; forced labor making German uniforms; smuggling out to get food; round-up to a train in 1942; a Polish neighbor bringing him water; he and two brothers arriving at Prokocim; slave labor; transfer with one brother to P?aszo?w, Oskar Schindler's factory, Wieliezka, then ba...

  15. Jack P. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jack P., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1912. He recalls his family's long history in Holland; holiday and Sabbath observances; their Zionist affiliations; meeting his first wife at Mizrachi summer camp; believing events in Germany would not impact them; German invasion in May 1940; his mother's non-Jewish friends offering to hide them; marriage; round-ups; constant fear; being caught and released in 1942; assistance from his non-Jewish boss; deportation to Westerbork in July 1943; learning his parents had just been deported east (he never saw them again); ...

  16. Minna D. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Minna D., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1916. She recalls going to Paris to study; her marriage; moving to Montpellier; completing her studies; her husband being drafted into the French army in September 1939; and her employment in a government office. She describes joining the Maquis; working as a Maquis courier; receiving equipment by parachute from the Free French; deciding not to wear the yellow star; changing her name, living under false papers, and attending church; Maquis sabotage against the Germans; several episodes in which she was almost caught by the G...

  17. Blanche C. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Blanche C., who was born in Oster, Russia (presently Ukraine) in 1906, one of six children in a wealthy family. She recalls attending gymnasium; graduating from nursing school; cordial relations with non-Jews; marriage in 1929; traveling with her husband in Italy and France; her brother-in-law's role as an attorney in the Beilis trial; the births of three children; German invasion in 1941; her husband dying of a heart attack when the Germans entered their home; escaping from a mass killing with her two year old daughter (the rest of her family was killed); forced labo...

  18. Alexander R. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alexander R., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1926. He recalls attending an orthodox school; pervasive antisemitism; his family's relative affluence; German invasion; briefly moving to Opato?w; a mass shooting which included his father; ghettoization; small favors from H?ayim Rumkowski due to his father's killing; slave labor in a clothing factory; his mother and brother being taken in the round-up of the children; joining them with his sister; their escape; hiding during subsequent round-ups; his mother and brother being listed for deportation; using their influenc...

  19. Yehuda B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Yehuda B., who was born in Kaunus, Lithuania in 1927, one of three brothers. He recounts his family's affluence; summers with his family in Birštonas and Panemunė; attending Lithuanian school; participating in Betar; Soviet occupation in 1940; attending a Soviet camp in Palanga in 1941; German invasion; separation of the Jewish and non-Jewish children; confinement of the Jews in a synagogue; abuse and beatings by Lithuanians; return to Kaunus with the other Jewish children; his parents taking a boy whose parents had fled east; anti-Jewish restrictions; ghettoization...

  20. Hanna K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Hanna K., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1939. She recounts her father going to France before her birth; German invasion in September 1939; memories of the Warsaw ghetto; being smuggled into a convent; a non-Jew helping her mother escape a month later; refusing to eat and sadness because she missed her mother; finding comfort in Catholicism; her mother's arrival six months before war's end (she had been hiding in the woods); recovering from a serious illness; feeling privileged because she had a mother; their move to Warsaw; meeting her future stepfather; moving to...