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Rosita K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-77) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-77

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Rosita K., who was born in Cluj, Romania. She speaks of the ghetto of Cluj, where she lived for four weeks; her deportation to Auschwitz; daily life in Auschwitz; her work as a slave laborer; the kindness shown her by a Wehrmacht soldier; her transfer to Bergen-Belsen where she was liberated by the British; her postwar stay in Sweden before emigrating to the United States; and the lasting detrimental effects of her wartime experiences.
Author/Creator: K., Rosita.
Published: Palm Beach, Fla. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: March 5, 1980.
Locale: Romania
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Sweden
Cite As: Rosita K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-77). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Notes: Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (40 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Romania--Cluj-Napoca. Romania. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Sweden. Oral histories (document genres) K., Rosita. 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/616784
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616784

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