Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Regina N., who was born in Myszyniec, Poland in 1920. She recounts her father's death when she was a baby; antisemitic violence; participating in Zionist youth groups; child care work in Warsaw, then Płock; German invasion; her mother's death from cancer; ghettoization; hiding during round-ups; deportation to Działdowo; escaping upon arrival; traveling to Starachowice; ghettoization; marriage; transfer to Starachowice camp; slave labor in a munitions factory; pregnancy and childbirth (the child was taken after three days); a failed escape attempt by the camp resistance; transfer to Birkenau; public hanging of an escapee; encountering her husband; a death march in January 1945, then train transport to Bergen-Belsen; sharing extra food; liberation by British troops; living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; reunion with her husband; moving to Regensburg; living in Brussels; her son's birth; emigrating to Israel; moving to the United States in 1957; and her daughter's birth. Ms. N. shows photographs.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991-1992
- Interview Date
- March 21, 1991 and November 19, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Płock
Starachowice
Myszyniec (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Brussels (Belgium)
Płock (Poland)
Israel - Cite As
- Regina N. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1884). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
-
Portions of this testimony have poor sound quality.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 2 videorecordings (1 hr., 55 min.; and 2 hr., 21 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Zionist organizations.
Hiding.
Marriage in Jewish ghettos.
Mutual aid.
Concentration camps Underground movements.
Childbirth in concentration camps.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Płock. Jews--Poland--Starachowice. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Escapes. Husband and wife. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Death marches. Poland. Myszyniec (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Brussels (Belgium) Płock (Poland) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) N., Regina,--1920- Starachowice (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
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/4284956
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4284956
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