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.
- 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.
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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