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Mary M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-792) interviewed by Gabriele Schiff and Gloria Demby,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-792

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Mary M., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1913. She recalls attending school in Łódź and university in Vienna; her assimilated, wealthy and cultured family background; her mother's death in 1934; cordial relations with non-Jews; her sense that events in Germany were distant despite contact with German refugees; and marriage on July 1, 1939. Mrs. M. recounts German invasion; learning from a co-worker that Germans were taking Jewish hostages; escaping to Warsaw with her husband and father; the walling-in of the ghetto; her job in a factory through which she had the use of a phone; beginning of the mass deportations; obtaining false papers; escape through sewers; inability to save her father; incidents of blackmail and bribery; being hidden by a Polish count who was active in the Polish resistance; the 1944 uprising and resulting siege of Warsaw; her husband's participation as a Polish officer; and leaving Warsaw in the forced evacuation. She describes hiding in Polish villages; help received from peasants; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Łódź in 1945; escape to the American zone of Germany; work for UNRRA; and the tremendous impact of the first Seder of her life held for UNRRA personnel.
    Author/Creator
    M., Mary, 1913-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1986
    Interview Date
    November 16, 1986.
    Locale
    Poland
    Warsaw
    Łódź (Poland)
    Vienna (Austria)
    Warsaw (Poland)
    Cite As
    Mary M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-792). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Demby, Gloria, interviewer.
    Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.

    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 (1 hr., 43 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Hiding.
    False papers.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1009584
    Record last modified:
    2018-03-06 14:11:00
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