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Rosalie S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1612) interviewed by Barbara Fagin and Diane M. Plotkin,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1612

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Rosalie S., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1922. In addition to information in a previously recorded testimony (HVT-737), Ms. S. recounts deportation to Płaszów with her husband; sharing bread with an aunt in Skarżysko; observing cannibalism; and living in Linz after the war.
Author/Creator: S., Rosalie, 1922-
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1991
Interview Date: May 20, 1991.
Locale: Poland
Kraków
Kraków (Poland)
Linz (Austria)
Cite As: Rosalie S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1612). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Fagin, Barbara, interviewer.
Plotkin, Diane M., interviewer.
Notes: Related material: Rosalie S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-737), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. submaster; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 40 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Marriage in Jewish ghettos.
Mutual aid.
Childbirth in concentration camps.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Kraków. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Forced labor. Husband and wife. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Cannibalism. Nightmares. Poland. Kraków (Poland) Linz (Austria) Oral histories (document genres) S., Rosalie,--1922- Płaszów (Concentration camp) Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Częstochowa (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4295796
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4295796

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