Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Lea E., who was born in Danzig in 1925, an only child. She recalls antisemitism in school beginning in 1933; moving to Baranowicze, Poland in 1938; Soviet occupation in 1939; German invasion in 1941; ghettoization; mass killings in 1942, including her mother; working as an interpreter for the Germans; forced labor manufacturing gloves; marriage; final liquidation of the ghetto; asking a German officer to allow her father and cousin to stay with her during a selection; their transfer to Koldyczewo in fall 1943; a three month plan to organize an escape; escaping with one hundred people in March 1944; joining the partisans; hiding in the forest; liberation by Soviet troops; their return to Baranowicze; moving to Łódź; encountering antisemitism; relocating to Berlin; her Jewish marriage ceremony; and emigration with their two children to the United States in 1952 (her father moved to Israel). Mrs. E. discusses sharing her experience with her children and the death of a son at age twenty-five. She shows photographs.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- November 19, 1991.
- Locale
- Belarus
Baranavichy
Poland
Gdańsk (Poland)
Baranavichy (Belarus)
Łódź (Poland)
Berlin (Germany) - Cite As
- Lea E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2082). 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)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
Soviet occupation.
Mass killings.
Hiding.
Forests.
Partisans.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Belarus--Baranavichy. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Fathers and daughters. Husband and wife. Forced labor. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belarus. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belarus. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. Gdańsk (Poland) Baranavichy (Belarus) Łódź (Poland) Berlin (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) E., Lea,--1925-
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/4286342
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:23:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4286342
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