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Livia G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-660) interviewed by Elaine Shepp,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-660

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Livia G., who was born in Forro-Encs, Hungary in 1931. She recalls her family's move to Hejocsaba in 1941; her father's draft into a Hungarian forced labor battalion in 1942; his return in 1943; German occupation in 1944; transfer to the Diósgyőr ghetto with her family; her father's and brother's transfer to a labor camp; deportation to Auschwitz with her mother in June; receiving extra food from a cousin; their transfer to Bergen-Belsen in October; forced labor at an airplane factory; her mother sharing food with her; evacuation by train in April 1945; liberation from a death march in May; and ending up in Terezín. Mrs. G. describes their journey to Miskolc in June; reunion with her father and brother; attending school while her parents rebuilt their farm; her brother's emigration to Palestine in October 1947; antisemitic incidents; marriage in 1954; her son's birth in 1955; and emigrating to the United States with her family in 1957. She discusses sharing her experiences with her children.
Author/Creator: G., Livia, 1931-
Published: Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1986
Interview Date: February 2, 1986.
Locale: Hungary
Diósgyőr
Hejocsaba (Hungary)
Miskolc (Hungary)
Cite As: Livia G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-660). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Shepp, Elaine, interviewer.

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 (58 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jews--Hungary--Diósgyőr. Mothers and daughters. Forced labor. Death marches. Hungary. Hejocsaba (Hungary) Miskolc (Hungary) Oral histories (document genres) G., Livia,--1931- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (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/1108259
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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