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Susan W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1566) interviewed by Janice Gordon and Sonia Simons,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1566

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Susan W., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1925 and grew up in Ungvar (presently Uz︠h︡horod, Ukraine). She recalls Hungarian occupation in 1938; anti-Jewish laws; German occupation in the spring of 1944; ghettoization in a brick factory; transport in May to Auschwitz; separation from her parents; her sister's selection in October; transport to Velbert; forced labor in a munitions factory; transfer to Terezín; and liberation by Soviet troops in May 1945. Mrs. W. recounts returning to Uz︠h︡horod; learning no family members had survived; living in Prague; flashbacks and depression, particularly over her sister's death; emigration to join relatives in Argentina; marriage; her husband's accidental death; emigration to the United States in 1954; and remarrying and having two children. She discusses her family's inability to understand her depression and shows documents and photographs.
Author/Creator: W., Susan, 1925-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1991
Interview Date: March 25, 1991.
Locale: Ukraine
Uz︠h︡horod
Czechoslovakia
Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Argentina
Cite As: Susan W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1566). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimoines, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Simons, Sonia, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (26 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hungarian occupation.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Uz︠h︡horod. Sisters. Forced labor. Czechoslovakia. Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine) Prague (Czech Republic) Argentina. Oral histories (document genres) W., Susan,--1925- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (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/1093081
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:46:00
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