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Eva S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2310) interviewed by Allen M. Siegel,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2310

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Eva S., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1926. She recalls anti-Jewish laws beginning in 1939; German invasion in March 1944; obtaining permission to join her parents in Szeged in May; ghettoization in June; separation from her parents upon arrival at Auschwitz (she never saw her mother again); briefly seeing and waving to her father when transporting food from one camp to another (she never saw him again); transfer to Kaufering in November; forced labor at the Landsberg airport from March to April 1945; transfer to Allach; the disappearance of guards during the death march; and liberation by United States troops in May 1945. Mrs. S. recounts returning to Hungary; living in displaced persons camps in Germany until 1949; and emigration to the United States.
Author/Creator: S., Eva, 1926-
Published: Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1992
Interview Date: April 5, 1992.
Locale: Hungary
Szeged
Budapest (Hungary)
Szeged (Hungary)
Cite As: Eva S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2310). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Siegel, Allen M., interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (30 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Hungary--Szeged. Forced labor. Fathers and daughters. Death marches. Hungary. Budapest (Hungary) Szeged (Hungary) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. S., Eva,--1926- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Kaufering (Concentration camp) Landsberg (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/1113638
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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