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Pola G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1944) interviewed by Gitta Fajerstein and Sondra Kraft,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1944

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Pola G., who was born in Stopnica, Poland in 1926, one of five children. She recalls their traditional shtetl life; German invasion in 1939; ghettoization; transport with her sister and sister-in-law to Skarżysko-Kamienna in 1942; slave labor in a munitions factory; smuggling food with help from civilian workers; their transfer to Częstochowa in 1944, then to Ravensbrück, Burgau, and Dachau; being wounded during liberation by United States troops; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; marriage in 1945; moving to Brussels; her son's birth; emigration to Israel in January 1949; her other son's birth; and emigration to join her sister in the United States in 1959.
Author/Creator: G., Pola, 1926-
Published: Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1994
Interview Date: December 4, 1994.
Locale: Poland
Stopnica
Stopnica (Województwo Świętokrzyskie, Poland)
Brussels (Belgium)
Israel
Cite As: Pola G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1944). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kraft, Sondra, interviewer.
Fajerstein, Gitta, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Child survivors.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Stopnica. Sisters. Forced labor. Stopnica (Województwo Świętokrzyskie, Poland) Poland. Brussels (Belgium) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) G., Pola,--1926- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Burgau (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Feldafing (Displaced persons 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/4296347
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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