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Eva W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-652)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-652

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Eva W. who was born in Cluj, Romania. She recalls a comfortable childhood as the daughter of an attorney; pervasive antisemitism; Hungarian occupation in 1940; restrictive anti-Jewish laws; her shame at wearing a yellow star; ghettoization in 1944; her humiliation at forced nudity; deportation to Auschwitz; caring for her mother; meeting two cousins after her mother's selection for death; witnessing a prisoner giving birth; transfer to Birkenau; receiving bread and shoes from a male prisoner; selection with other "Aryan-looking" girls by Mengele; transfer to Weisswasser; working for I. G. Farben; help from a guard during the death march to Buchenwald; transfer to Sweden through the intercession of Folke Bernadotte; hospitalization; locating relatives in the United States through the Red Cross; and emigration to join them. She discusses her aunt asking her to convey her story to others and her accompanying shame; reluctance to share her experience with her husband and son, and their lack of interest; and fear resulting from war experiences.
Author/Creator: W., Eva.
Published: Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1985
Interview Date: October 10, 1985.
Locale: Romania
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Sweden
Cite As: Eva W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-652). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Notes: The audio quality of this testimony is poor.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (52 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar effects.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Hungarian occupation.
Childbirth in concentration camps.
Survivor-child relations.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Mothers and daughters. Jews--Romania--Cluj-Napoca. Death marches. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Romania. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Sweden. Oral histories (document genres) Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. W., Eva. Mengele, Josef,--1911-1979. Bernadotte, Folke,--1895-1948. Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Birkenau (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (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/1108238
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:46:00
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