Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Susan B., who was born in Michalovce, Czechoslovakia in 1927. She recalls cordial relations with non-Jews; increasing antisemitism in 1938; a priest who converted her family to ensure their safety; incarceration with her sister in the local jail for two nights for not wearing the star; hiding with a Christian family; her family's incarceration in Nováky; hiding with non-Jews; obtaining false papers; moving to Prešov, then Bratislava; joining her parents in Novaky; traveling with her sister to Trenčin; her sister's return to Novaky; living in Bratislava under an assumed name; arrest; deportation to Sered,̕ Auschwitz, and Kurzbach; forced labor; a death march to Gross-Rosen; train transport to Bergen-Belsen; meeting her aunt; hospitalization; assistance from her aunt and a friend; and liberation by British troops. Mrs. B. discusses recuperating in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; establishing contact with her father who was in Buchenwald; traveling to Prague; learning her entire immediate family had survived; their reunion in Michalovce; emigrating to Israel in 1949; marriage; and emigrating to the United States in 1958. Mrs. B. discusses many details of life in hiding and the camps, including her state of mind and the deaths of her large, extended family. She shows photographs.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage,1992
- Interview Date
- February 6, 1992.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Israel
Michalovce (Slovakia)
Prešov (Slovakia)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Trenčin (Slovakia) - Cite As
- Susan B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2008). 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., 26 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hospitals in concentration camps.
Hiding.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Christian converts from Judaism. Family. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Slovak. Forced labor. Death marches. Czechoslovakia. Israel. Michalovce (Slovakia) Prešov (Slovakia) Prague (Czech Republic) Bratislava (Slovakia) Trenčin (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. B., Susan,--1927- Nováky (Concentration camp) Sered (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (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/4285919
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4285919
Additional Resources
Librarian ViewDownload & Licensing
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Requires Research Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
- Find Viewing Location
Request Access from Yale University Libraries
- Requires Yale University Libraries Permission
- Accessing Fortunoff interviews
- Log in to Request and View
- About the Fortunoff Archive
