- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Fanny L., who was born in Majdan, Czechoslovakia in 1929. She recalls Hungarian occupation; witnessing horrible sights during an eight day forced transport with her family to Romania; and their 1943 move to Khust thinking they would be safer. Mrs. L. describes German occupation in 1944; ghettoization; deportation to Birkenau; starvation, lice, endless roll calls and selections; atrocities committed by Irma Grese; the importance of remaining with her cousin; receiving food from a Polish political prisoner; the birth of a dead baby in her barrack; and burying the child. She tells of forced labor at approximately ten camps, including an ammunition factory and a salt mine; eating food from trash cans; a helpful woman guard; liberation by the Red Cross led by Count Bernadotte; recuperating in Sweden; learning her father and brother had survived; and meeting them in Germany in 1949. She discusses her constant questioning of why this happened and the lack of an answer; attributes her survival to luck; and hopes the world will never forget.
- Author/Creator
- L., Fanny, 1929-
- Published
- Ventnor, N.J. : Federation of Jewish Agencies of Atlantic County/Stockton State College, Holocaust Oral History Project, 1988
- Interview Date
- February 2, 1988.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Khust
Majdan (Slovakia)
Khust (Ukraine)
Landskrona (Sweden)
Czechoslovakia
- Cite As
- Fanny L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1109). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Karp, Rochelle, interviewer.
