- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jean K., who was born in 1918 in Vilnius, Poland (presently Lithuania). She recounts her sister's birth; attending Zionist meetings; studying business; Soviet occupation; marriage in 1940; her son's birth in 1941; German invasion; ghettoization; the shooting of her mother, sister and grandparents; her father's illness and death; a round-up in September 1943; separation from her husband and child (she never saw them again); deportation to Kaiserwald; slave labor in an AEG factory; assistance from fellow prisoners after a severe whipping; transfer to Stuffhof in 1944, then to Toruń one month later; Latvian civilian workers giving them food; transfer to Bromberg; a death march in February 1945; escaping with two others; hiding with a Polish woman; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Łódź, then Kielce; fleeing from a pogrom; traveling to Munich; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; marriage to a survivor; moving to Munich; her daughter's birth; emigration to the United States; and her son's birth. Ms. K. discusses seeing a child en route to the U.S. whom she believed was her son; suing for custody and losing; her husband's early death due to beatings received in Birkenau; and receiving reparation payments.
- Author/Creator
- K., Jean, 1918-
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1990
- Interview Date
- February 14, 1990.
- Locale
- Lithuania
Vilnius
Poland
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Łódź (Poland)
Kielce (Poland)
Munich (Germany)
- Cite As
- Jean K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1444). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
