LEADER 04556cpd a2200601 a 4500001 1058032 005 20180604133126.0 008 940125s1992 ctu eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702213517 035 (CStRLIN)CTYV94-A12 035 1058032 035 HVT-857 035 |9AGW1964YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)702122544 090 |bHVT-857 100 1 H., Olga, |d1918- 245 10 Olga H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-857) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Dana L. Kline and Lucille B. Ritvo, |fApril 20, 1992. 260 New Haven, Conn. : |bFortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |c1992. 300 1 videorecording (1 hr., 2 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Olga H. (called Esther by her family), who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1918, the youngest of nine children. She recalls her orthodox family life in Seredne; attending Catholic school; transfer with some of her family to Uz︠h︡horod in April 1944; transport to Auschwitz; a selection after which she never saw her family again; being told her family was "burning;" not recognizing herself after being shaved; a sustaining relationship with a friend from her town; aid from a friend when she could not stand at appell; and transfer to Gelsenkirchen. She recounts volunteering for kitchen duty; sharing extra food; an Allied airplane attack in which many women were killed; a German officer who saved her from punishment; bringing extra food to the hospital; transfer to Altenburg in early 1945; a forced march to Czechoslovakia; the guards' disappearance on May 11th; and confusion about where to go . She describes traveling through Czechoslovakia; living in Prague; traveling to Uz︠h︡gorod via Budapest; finding relatives and her boyfriend along the way; her marriage; adopting a niece and nephew; and joining two brothers who had come to the United States before the war. 562 |e3 copies: |b3/4 in. master; |b3/4 in. dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 524 Olga H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-857). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 600 10 H., Olga, |d1918- 610 20 Gelsenkirchen (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003103855 610 20 Altenburg (Concentration camp : Thuringia, Germany) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013094607 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Women. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147274 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 Forced labor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453 650 0 Friendship. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051992 650 0 Families. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047009 650 0 Brothers and sisters. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017225 651 0 Czechoslovakia. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81032269 651 0 Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81071620 610 20 Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96112360 651 0 Prague (Czech Republic) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79055764 651 0 Budapest (Hungary) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79091691 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Hungarian occupation. 690 4 Aid by non-Jews. 650 0 Death marches. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006384 690 4 Mutual aid. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 651 0 Seredne (Ukraine) 700 1 Kline, Dana L., |einterviewer. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87114255 700 1 Ritvo, Lucille B., |d1920- |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87131072 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b1187463 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.0857) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/x34mk65j89 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/