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Jean F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-966) interviewed by Maryanne Kador and Peggy Morton,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-966

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Jean F. who was born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1924. She recalls a happy childhood despite prevalent antisemitism; warnings from German refugees; German invasion in 1939; immediate arrests and shootings of Jews; ghettoization; her selection for transport to Gleiwitz in March 1942; slave labor in an ammunition factory; a death march to a train in January 1945; and escape from the train in Czechoslovakia. Mrs. F. describes a village woman's efforts to hide them; arrest and imprisonment in Prague; transfer to Theresienstadt; and liberation by the Red Cross. She recounts her reunion with her sister; their escape to Germany; residing in Pocking and Landsberg displaced persons camps; marriage; her daughter's birth in 1949; her brother-in-law's death; emigration to the United States in 1950; and adopting her nephew after her sister's death.
Author/Creator: F., Jean, 1924-
Published: New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1987
Interview Date: November 23, 1987.
Locale: Poland
Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie)
Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Cite As: Jean F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-966). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kador, Maryanne, interviewer.
Morton, Peggy, 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., 36 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Aid by non-Jews.
Child survivors.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Forced labor. Jews--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie) World War, 1939-1945--Children. Poland. Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Prague (Czech Republic) Refugee camps. Death marches. Concentration camp inmates--Escapes. F., Jean,--1924- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp) Theresienstadt (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/1055906
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:32:00
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