- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Elly G., who was born in Simleul-Silvaniei, Romania in 1929. She recalls her brother's birth in 1939; Hungarian occupation in 1940; anti-Jewish laws; her father's draft into a Hungarian slave labor battalion (they never saw him again); ghettoization in spring 1944; a woman giving birth and a man dying during transport to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from her mother and brother (she never saw them again); remaining with a cousin; her cousin getting her a privileged kitchen job; transfer to another camp; slave labor in a factory; illness from fumes in the factory (she still suffers from lung ailments as a result); transfer to Salzwedel; liberation by United States troops; recuperating in Hillersleben; traveling to Oradea, then Marghita; reunion with cousins; assistance from the Red Cross and Joint; returning home; realizing her parents and brother were dead; marriage in 1946; living in Oradea; the births of her children; and emigrating to the United States in 1966. Ms. G. discusses pervasive, painful memories; blaming herself for her mother's death because she parted from her in Auschwitz; not sharing her experience with her children until they were adults; and a recent visit to Auschwitz. She shows photographs and documents.
- Author/Creator
- G., Elly, 1929-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
- Interview Date
- December 15, 1992.
- Locale
- Romania
Simleul Silvaniei
Șimleu Silvaniei (Romania)
Hillersleben (Germany)
Oradea (Romania)
Marghita (Romania)
- Cite As
- Elly G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2519). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Strochlic, Kathy, interviewer.
