- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ann W., who was born in Radziłów, Poland in 1932, the youngest of four children. She recalls Soviet occupation in 1939; confiscation of the family's flour mill; German occupation; Poles helping Germans to identify Jews; the destruction of prayer books from the synagogue; public beatings of Jews, including her parents and two siblings; escape from Radziłów with her family; hiding for two months with help from her father's business associates; being rescued by people when they agreed to convert to Christianity; attending conversion classes; constantly changing hiding places, and separating occasionally; the extreme hardships, including hunger and cold, while in hiding; and numerous instances of help from Poles. Mrs. W. tells of her family's strong will to survive; their Zionists' beliefs; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling with her brother to a Youth Aliyah center in Italy; incarceration on Cyprus after attempting to emigrate to Palestine; reuniting with her parents; arrival in Palestine in 1947; the outbreak of the War of Independence in which her brother died; marriage to a Holocaust survivor; and emigration to the United States.
- Author/Creator
- W., Ann, 1932-
- Published
- Kansas City, Mo. : Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Inc., 1994
- Interview Date
- March 31, 1994.
- Locale
- Poland
Radziłów (Poland)
Cyprus
Palestine
Italy
- Cite As
- Ann W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2356). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Devinki, Barbara, interviewer.
Dover, Janice M., interviewer.
