- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Rae G., who was born in Minsk, Russia (presently Belarus) in 1915. She recalls moving to her grandparents' farm; attending school in Maladzechna, where her father taught music; attending college in Vilnius; Soviet occupation; moving with her parents to Maladzechna; marriage; German invasion in 1941; fleeing to her husband's parents in Oshmi︠a︡ny; arrest en route; escaping; living with her in-laws; a mass killing of Jewish men, including her husband; learning her parents, sister, and grandparents had been killed; ghettoization; transfer to the Vilna ghetto; forced labor; volunteering for transfer to Klooga; an engineer who provided false papers and helped her escape; arrest; incarceration in Tallinn; return to Klooga; a severe beating; transfer to another camp; hiding during evacuation and a mass killing in September 1944; being shot; pretending to be dead; others in hiding assisting her; liberation the next day by Soviet troops (only thirty-eight survived); returning to Vilnius; meeting her second husband; living in Landsberg displaced persons camp; working for UNRRA and the Joint; and emigration to the United States in 1947. Mrs. G. discusses a child's birth in camp; losing her faith in God; emotional difficulties after liberation realizing her whole family was killed; seldom discussing her experiences until recently; and pervasive, painful memories. She shows photographs including those taken by journalists at her liberation.
- Author/Creator
- G., Rae, 1915-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2001
- Interview Date
- June 18, 2001.
- Locale
- Belarus
Ashmi︠a︡ny
Lithuania
Vilnius
Minsk (Belarus)
Russia
Maladzechna (Belarus)
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Ashmi︠a︡ny (Belarus)
Tallinn (Estonia)
- Cite As
- Rae G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4108). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
