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Elly G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2519) interviewed by Kathy Strochlic and Pam Goodman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2519

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    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.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 4 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Hungarian occupation.
    Child survivors.
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4287765
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:33:00
    This page:
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