Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Linda P., who was born in Grodno, Poland (now Hrodna, Belarus) in 1931. She recalls an anti-Jewish riot in the mid 1930s; Soviet occupation; German invasion in 1941; ghettoization; deportation to Treblinka; immediate transfer to Majdanek with 100 women, including her mother; slave labor sorting clothing of those who were exterminated; hospitalization for typhus; being saved by a nurse; transfer to Trawniki, then back to Majdanek in June 1944; a death march and train transport to Auschwitz/Birkenau; transfer to Bergen-Belsen in November 1944, then to Aschersleben; slave labor in an airplane factory; frequent Allied bombings; evacuation to Theresienstadt; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Częstochowa and Łódź; failing to find surviving relatives; moving to Badgastein displaced persons camp, then to Italy, hoping to emigrate to Israel; and emigration to the United States in 1951. Mrs L. discusses questioning God's existence while in concentration camps.
- Published
- Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1992
- Interview Date
- January 24, 1992.
- Locale
- Belarus
Hrodna
Poland
Hrodna (Belarus)
Italy
Łódź (Poland)
Częstochowa (Poland) - Cite As
- Linda P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1962). 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., 42 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Hospitals in concentration camps.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - 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--Hrodna. Forced labor. Death marches. Faith. Mothers and daughters. Friendship. Poland. Hrodna (Belarus) Italy. Łódź (Poland) Częstochowa (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. P., Linda,--1931- Treblinka (Concentration camp) Majdanek (Concentration camp) Trawniki (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration 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/4285404
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:27:00
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