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Hana P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4176)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4176

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Hana P, who was born in 1927, one of eight children in an orthodox family. She recounts living in Będzin, Poland; attending a Jewish school; antisemitism immediately before the war; German invasion; soldiers beating her father and cutting off his beard; her family's deportation; her deportation to Grünberg; slave labor in a textile factory; a death march to Neusalz; becoming depressed; several prisoners committing suicide; a death march to Ravensbrück, then Flossenbürg one month later; her friend sharing extra bread; train transfer to Auschwitz, then Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; hospitalization in Sweden; illegal emigration by ship to Palestine; incarceration in Cyprus; marriage; her husband's military draft; reunion with two sisters; emigrating to Australia to join her husband's brother; returning to Israel in the 1970s; and her husband's recent death. Ms. P. discusses fasting on Yom Kippur and praying in camps; nightmares resulting from her experiences; continuing to believe in God; and sharing her experiences with her children and grandchildren.
Author/Creator: P., Hana, 1927-
Published: Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2000
Interview Date: May 25, 2000.
Locale: Będzin (Poland)
Sweden
Palestine
Cyprus
Australia
Cite As: Hana P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4176). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Notes: This testimony is in Hebrew.

Physical Details

Language: Hebrew
Copies: 2 copies: Betacam SP master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (3 hr., 16 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations.
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. Forced labor. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Death marches. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Suicide. Nightmares. Faith. Będzin (Poland) Sweden. Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Cyprus. Australia. Oral histories (document genres) P., Hana,--1927- Neusalz (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (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/4919364
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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