- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Luisa A., who was born in Polichna, Poland in 1938, the youngest of nine children. She recounts vague memories of her parents' business; visits with extended family; one brother's emigration to Bolivia in 1939; her father going to a labor camp in 1942 and returning completely debilitated; her mother and brothers finding a hiding place; digging bunkers near stables and hiding in attics; the murder of two older brothers in 1943 when they were out seeking food; her mother making clothes from potato sacks; a farm owner informing them the Soviets had arrived; running away; fearing Soviets since all uniforms frightened her; returning to their home; moving to Krasnik; a telegram from her brother in Bolivia; and attending school for the first time while in Paris, waiting to emigrate to Bolivia. Mrs. A. discusses a trip with her children to Poland in 1981; her gratitude to the many people who hid them; being amused by her parents' stories and brothers' games while hiding in thirty-four places over twenty-two months; and the loss of her entire extended family.
- Author/Creator
- A., Luisa, 1938-
- Published
- San Antonio, Tex. : Children of the Holocaust-Second Generation of San Antonio, 1986
- Interview Date
- April 13, 1986.
- Locale
- Poland
Polichna (Poland)
Kraśnik (Poland)
Paris (France)
Bolivia
- Cite As
- Luisa A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-767). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Zinnreich, Ted, interviewer.
Nathan, Habib, interviewer.
- Notes
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Related material: Simon A. Holocaust testimony [brother](HVT-2960), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
