Overview
- Interview Summary
- Hela Gersten describes her prewar life in Boryslaw, Poland; the Russian occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939; the effects of the German invasion in 1941; going into hiding; placing her child in the care of another woman while she was in hiding; and her life in hiding with other Jews until the end of the war.
- Interviewee
- Hela Gersten
- Date
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publication/distribution:
2012
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Thomas Taubman
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Extent
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1 digital file.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Thomas Taubman
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. Hiding places--Poland. Jews--Persecutions--Poland. Jewish children--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Poland. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1945.
- Personal Name
- Gersten, Hela.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Thomas Taubman donated a copy of his 2012 documentary film “Hela’s Luck,” featuring the oral testimony of Hela Gersten, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2013.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:29:08
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50241
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