Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Betty G., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1914. She recalls a comfortable life; frequently hearing antisemitic remarks; attending a Jewish school; marriage; German invasion; her husband's mobilization; anti-Jewish laws; receiving messages from her husband; escaping with her sister to join him in Soviet-occupied Baranavichy in February 1940; separation from her sister (she never saw her again); arrest with her husband in June; a six-week journey to Siberia; forced labor in a remote camp; freezing conditions and hunger; being freed when Germany attacked the Soviet Union; a difficult journey to Turkestan, then Samarqand; traveling to Poland in 1946; encountering antisemitism in Lʹviv; living in a displaced persons camp in Germany; joining friends in Paris; her daughter's birth; and emigration to Australia in 1951, then to the United States in 1964. Ms. G. notes that almost her entire family was killed and difficulty believing she and her husband survived such horrendous conditions for six years.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 2001
- Interview Date
- November 28, 2001.
- Locale
- Soviet Union
Poland
Siberia (Russia)
Warsaw (Poland)
Baranavichy (Belarus)
Turkestanskai︠a︡ A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.)
Samarqand (Uzbekistan)
Germany
Paris (France)
Australia
Lʹviv (Ukraine) - Cite As
- Betty G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4150). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Polish.
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Copies
- 2 copies: Betacam SP master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 14 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Husband and wife. Sisters. Escapes. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Soviet Union. Forced labor--Soviet Union--History--20th century. Concentration camps--Soviet Union. Refugee camps. Poland. Siberia (Russia) Warsaw (Poland) Baranavichy (Belarus) Turkestanskai︠a︡ A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Samarqand (Uzbekistan) Germany. Paris (France) Australia. Lʹviv (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) G., Betty,--1914-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/4900486
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4900486
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