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Erica K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-919) interviewed by Ann Solov Walker and Janet Miller,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-919

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Erica K., who was born in Mad, Hungary in 1925 and grew up in Miskolc. She recalls a carefree childhood; German occupation; her father being "taken early"; deportation to Auschwitz with her mother and siblings; transfer to Birkenau with her sister and cousin; constant thirst and hunger; the oppressive odor; liquidation of the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager); transfer to Ravensbrück in August 1944, then Reinickendorf; a German foreman providing extra food which she shared with her sister; and transfer to Oranienburg. Mrs. K. describes liberation by Soviet troops; living in Germany, then Brussels; reunion with two siblings and an uncle; and emigrating to the United States in 1953. She notes the importance to her survival of being with her sister and that not one of her school friends survived.
Author/Creator: K., Erica, 1925-
Published: Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1987
Interview Date: April 26, 1987.
Locale: Mád (Hungary)
Brussels (Belgium)
Hungary
Miskolc (Hungary)
Cite As: Erica K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-919). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Walker, Ann Solov, interviewer.
Miller, Janet, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 21 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Sisters. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Mád (Hungary) Brussels (Belgium) Hungary. Miskolc (Hungary) Oral histories (document genres) K., Erica,--1925- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Oranienburg (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/1083416
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1083416

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