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Lola J. Holocaust testimony (HVT-766) interviewed by Geri Joskowitz and Faye Rozmaryn,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-766

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Lola J., who was born in Częstochowa, Poland in 1926. She recalls her father's death in 1935; German invasion; ghettoization; one brother's escape to the Soviet zone; forced labor in a HASAG factory; mass deportations which included her sisters and mother; conversion of the ghetto to a camp; receiving extra food from one German; encouraging each other by singing; sharing extra food with her remaining sister; liberation by Soviet troops in January 1945; reunion with another sister in Feldafing displaced persons camp, then with her brother; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. J. discusses her frailty due to her experiences; pervasive nightmares; and being overwhelmed when she tried to write about her experiences.
Author/Creator: J., Lola, 1926-
Published: San Antonio, Tex. : Children of the Holocaust-Second Generation of San Antonio, 1986
Interview Date: March 2, 1986.
Locale: Poland
Częstochowa
Częstochowa (Poland)
Cite As: Lola J. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-766). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Joskowitz, Geri, interviewer.
Rozmaryn, Faye, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Sam Z. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-768), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 39 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Częstochowa. Forced labor. Sisters. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Concentration camps--Songs and music. Refugee camps. Nightmares. Poland. Częstochowa (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) J., Lola,--1926- Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft. Feldafing (Displaced persons 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/4282345
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:27:00
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