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Carolyn G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-665) interviewed by Adele Anolik,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-665

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Carolyn G., who was born in Szydłowiec, Poland in 1926. She recalls attending public school for six years; anti-Semitic vandalism before the war; deportation with her sister and brother in 1942; her sister's selection for gassing; her brother's death from typhus; her severe depression resulting in her selection from which she was saved through the intervention of a co-worker; temporarily improved conditions for a Red Cross inspection; frequent beatings; transport to Bergen-Belsen in 1944, then to Türkheim; the death march to Dachau; Hitler Jugend members shooting inmates; and liberation by American troops the following day. Mrs. G. describes living in the Feldafing displaced persons camp; reunion with a cousin (the only other survivor from her town); marriage in 1948 to another survivor; emigration to the United States in 1949; and her continuing sense of always being alone.
Author/Creator: G., Carolyn, 1926-
Published: Des Moines, Iowa : Des Moines Holocaust Survivors Project, 1985
Interview Date: November 25, 1985.
Locale: Poland
Szydłowiec (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Cite As: Carolyn G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-665). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Anolik, Adele,

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (39 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
Child survivors.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Brothers and sisters. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Poland. Szydłowiec (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Death marches. Refugee camps. G., Carolyn,--1926- Türkheim (Concentration camp) Feldafing (Displaced persons camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Dachau (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/1058045
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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