Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Miriam B., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1935. She recalls German invasion; her father's flight to Lida in the Soviet zone; joining him with her mother; German invasion in June 1941; ghettoization; removal, with her parents, from a group being herded to a mass killing; being hidden with a non-Jewish woman; her parents retrieving her; returning to the ghetto; their escape into nearby forests with partisans in fall 1942; partisan military actions; German attacks; hunger, cold, and frequently changing locations; fear of losing her mother; establishment of a partisan hospital in the forest where her father was a surgeon; executions of German prisoners; and liberation by Soviet troops in 1944. Dr. B. recounts their moving to Szczuczyn, then Lublin; learning about the concentration camps, realizing their family had perished; leaving Poland due to antisemitism; living in Turda, Budapest, and displaced persons camps in Austria, Venice, and Rome; and emigrating to the United States in February 1947. She notes her survival was due to her father being a surgeon, and discusses her desire for vengeance; sharing her experiences with her children; writing biographical poetry; and Yiddish songs from that period.
- Published
- Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1991
- Interview Date
- May 26, 1991.
- Locale
- Belarus
Lida
Poland
Rome (Italy)
Venice (Italy)
Austria
Warsaw (Poland)
Lida (Belarus)
Szczuczyn (Poland)
Turda (Romania)
Lublin (Poland)
Budapest (Hungary) - Cite As
- Miriam B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1690). 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 (2 hr., 27 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Mass killings.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Partisans.
Forests.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Survivor-child relations. - 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--Belarus--Lida. Families. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. Mothers and daughters. Fathers and daughters. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Songs and music. Revenge. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry. Poland. Rome (Italy) Venice (Italy) Austria. Warsaw (Poland) Lida (Belarus) Szczuczyn (Poland) Turda (Romania) Lublin (Poland) Budapest (Hungary) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. B., Miriam,--1935-
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/4284099
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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