- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Bronia S., who was born on November 18, 1917 in Kraków, Poland. She describes a happy childhood with her parents and sister; attending public and Hebrew schools; experiencing antisemitism as a university student; German invasion; soldiers stealing their possessions; ghettoization; the family maid selling their possessions to provide them with money; deportation of her father and sister (she never saw them again); working as a seamstress with her mother; deportation to Płaszów; forced labor as a seamstress; executions; being offered a place on Schindler's list, but refusing to go since they would not include her mother; and deportation to Auschwitz with her mother. Mrs. S. recalls being selected for the Musterlager, a model barrack for visitors; being forced to shower in front of officers; forced labor digging ditches; death march to Bergen-Belsen; reuniting with her mother and her two cousins; her mother and cousin dying of starvation; liberation; her other cousin’s death; transfer to Sweden to recover; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. S. discusses the sadness and guilt over the loss of her family and suffering nightmares. She credits the care she received in Sweden with her recovery.
- Author/Creator
- S., Bronia, 1917-
- Published
- Brookline, Mass.: Brookline Holocaust Memorial Committee, 1995
- Interview Date
- December 15, 1995.
- Locale
- Poland
Kraków
Kraków (Poland)
Sweden
New York (N.Y.)
- Cite As
- Bronia S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4504). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Langer, Lawrence L. Interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in English.
