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Henny G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2601) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2601

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Henny G., who was born in Vilna, Poland. In addition to information in a previously recorded testimony (HVT-1774), Ms. G. recounts forced labor in the ghetto; a public hanging (she later learned they were partisans); deportation with her sister to Kaiserwald; slave labor in Duenawerke; the brutality of the Nazi female guards; participating in the camp concerts and plays; transfer to Landsberg, then Dachau; liberation by United States troops from a death march; performing with Leonard Bernstein at displaced persons camps, including Feldafing, in 1946; support from the Joint and UNRRA; emigration with her sister to the United States in 1950; and meeting her husband en route.
Author/Creator: G., Henny.
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
Interview Date: May 5, 1993.
Locale: Lithuania
Vilnius
Poland
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Munich (Germany)
Nuremberg (Germany)
Cite As: Henny G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2601). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.
Notes: Related material: Henny G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1774), 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., 59 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
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--Lithuania--Vilnius. Jewish ghettos--Songs and music. Jewish singers. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Songs and music. Sisters. Death marches. Refugee camps. Poland. Vilnius (Lithuania) Oral histories (document genres) Munich (Germany) Nuremberg (Germany) G., Henny. Bernstein, Leonard,--1918-1990. Kaiserwald (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Feldafing (Displaced persons camp) United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Landsberg (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/4288305
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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