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Ida C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1471) interviewed by Lucy Samorodin and Victoria Hecht,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1471

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Ida C., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1931. She recalls moving to Siedlce, returning to Warsaw prior to 1938; brief German invasion while she was with her grandparents near Siedlce; Soviet occupation; traveling to Minsk; her parents and sister joining them, transport to Arkhangelʹsk in late 1939, then to a labor camp in Komi; attending school while her parents worked; hunger; and transfer to Samarqand at the end of 1941. Mrs. C. recounts their return to Poland in 1945; leaving Łódź intending to emigrate to Palestine, living in a displaced persons camp and in Ulm; attending school; and emigrating to the United States in 1949.
Author/Creator: C., Ida, 1931-
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990
Interview Date: March 7, 1990.
Locale: Poland
Warsaw (Poland)
Siedlce (Poland)
Minsk (Belarus)
Komi (Russia)
Arkhangelʹsk (Russia)
Samarqand (Uzbekistan)
Łódź (Poland)
Ulm (Germany)
Cite As: Ida C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1471). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Samorodin, Lucy, interviewer.
Hecht, Victoria, 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., 18 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Soviet occupation.
Postwar experiences.
Child survivors.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Families. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. Jews--Migrations. Poland. Warsaw (Poland) Siedlce (Poland) Minsk (Belarus) Komi (Russia) Arkhangelʹsk (Russia) Samarqand (Uzbekistan) Łódź (Poland) Ulm (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. C., Ida,--1931-

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/1088184
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:46:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1088184

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