Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Anna M., who was born in Mielec, Poland, one of six children. She recalls close relations with her extended family; their orthodoxy; moving to Kraków in 1935; an anti-Jewish boycott; German invasion; one sister fleeing to the Soviet zone; ghettoization; forced labor; a friend, disguised as a non-Jew, smuggling food to them; her sister's marriage; her family's deportation in October 1942 (she never saw them again); deportation to Płaszów; a public hanging; transfer nine months later to Skarżysko-Kamienna; slave labor in a munitions factory; helping a fellow prisoner sell a diamond which provided food vital to her survival; transfer to Buchenwald nine months later; women sharing bread with her en route; slave labor in a munitions factory; a death march nine months later; escaping with several others; assistance from local villagers; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Kraków; antisemitic harassment; marriage in 1946; her daughter's birth in Prague; and emigration to the United States in April 1948 with assistance from an uncle. Ms. M. discusses observing Jewish holidays in the camps and the importance of faith to her survival.
- Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1985
- Interview Date
- January 17, 1985.
- Locale
- Poland
Kraków
Mielec (Poland)
Kraków (Poland)
Prague (Czech Republic) - Cite As
- Anna M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-525). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 34 min) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Marriage in Jewish ghettos.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Kraków. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Faith. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Death marches. Escapes. Poland. Mielec (Poland) Kraków (Poland) Prague (Czech Republic) Oral histories (document genres) M., Anna. Płaszów (Concentration camp) Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
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/4294035
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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