- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Frieda Z., who was born in Zawiercie, Poland in 1920. She recalls her happy childhood; attending public school; the expulsion of Polish Jews from Germany in 1938; German invasion; her family's unsuccessful attempt to flee east; her brother's deportation in November 1941; warnings from a friend on the Judenrat to hide with her sister during round-ups; forced labor with her sister in a munitions factory; deportation to Birkenau in August 1943; separation from her parents upon arrival; her sister's selection; bringing her bread and water in the "dead barrack"; obtaining a privileged position; transfer to Ravensbrück in December 1944; improved conditions working in an underground factory in Malchow; escaping from a death march to the town of Malchow; and returning to Zawiercie. Mrs. Z. describes reunion with her brother; traveling to Munich; marriage in Jordanbad in February 1946; her daughter's birth in December 1948; and emigrating to the United States in March 1950. She notes incidents of assistance from non-Jews; the importance of friendship to her survival; and the impact of her experience on raising her daughter. She shows photographs.
- Author/Creator
- Z., Frieda, 1920-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989
- Interview Date
- November 6, 1989.
- Locale
- Poland
Zawiercie
Zawiercie (Poland)
Munich (Germany)
Malchow (Germany)
- Cite As
- Frieda Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1291). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Dwork, Bonnie, interviewer.
Bayme, Edith, interviewer.
- Notes
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Additional written material is available in the repository.
