- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Grace D., who was born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland in 1920. She recalls being the youngest of ten siblings in an orthodox home; German invasion; ghettoization a few weeks later; separation from her family in the October 1942 deportation; her sister-in-law's refusal to give up her child to save herself; and her pain at not having said goodbye to her family. She describes work making dresses for German women from October 1942 until February 1943; deportation to Skarżysko-Kamienna; work in Camp B making artillery shells; Polish civilian workers who brought her food; transfer to Częstochowa; liberation by Soviet troops; return to Piotrków Trybunalski; marriage in November 1945; living in a displaced persons camp in Germany; and her daughter's birth in 1947. Mrs. D. tells of travel to Israel in 1949 to see her sister; her husband's immediate draft into the Israeli Army; return to Germany; the death of her six month old son; emigration to the United States in 1952; her husband's successful business; and her overprotective attitude toward her children. Mrs. D. emphasizes that luck was the primary factor in her own survival and discusses the painful impact of separation from her family.
- Author/Creator
- D., Grace, 1920-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1987
- Interview Date
- May 3, 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
Israel
- Cite As
- Grace D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-888). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Schulwolf, Martha, interviewer.
Blechner, Mark, interviewer.
