Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Anna T., who was born in Poland in 1919. She recalls German occupation in 1939; her family's deportation in 1942 (she never saw her parents again); mass killings and round-ups; deportation to Krychow; escaping with two others; receiving shelter and food from Jews in a village; escaping to the woods during mass killings of the Jews; hiding in a barn with assistance from a Polish family; joining Jewish partisans; liquidation of the partisans; hiding in the woods with several others; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mrs. T. describes returning to her hometown; reunion with her sister and brother-in-law; traveling to Łódź, then Stettin; her first son's birth in Wallenburg; and emigration to the United States where her second son was born.
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1987
- Interview Date
- January 25, 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź (Poland)
Wallenburg (Germany) - Cite As
- Anna T. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1003). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
-
The audio quality of this testimony is poor.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (36 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Partisans.
Forests.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Wallenburg (Germany) Escapes. Oral histories (document genres) T., Anna,--1919-
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/1113645
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1113645
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