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Ruth M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2717) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2717

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Ruth M., who was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1924. She recalls a wonderful childhood prior to her father's suicide; moving to her grandmother's with her mother and twin brother; German occupation; constant fear; she and her brother refusing to leave when her mother arranged their emigration to England; marriage; deportation to Theresienstadt with her husband and their families; transfer to Auschwitz; separation from her husband and twin brother; a last visit with her mother; useless slave labor; medical examinations; train transfer to a factory; attempting to help others during a death march; two weeks without food or water in cattle cars; transfer to another factory; traveling to Denmark in an exchange arranged by Count Folke Bernadotte; transfer to Malmö, Sweden; living in Stockholm with a Czech-Jewish couple; the trauma of learning her entire family had been killed; moving to Oslo with the couple; remarriage; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. M. discusses her state of mind in the camps; bitterness toward her uncle who did not assist her family in escaping from Czechoslovakia; unwillingness to share her experiences with her husband and children; and deciding not to make the Holocaust a subject of her art work.
    Author/Creator
    M., Ruth, 1924-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
    Interview Date
    December 7, 1993.
    Locale
    Prague (Czech Republic)
    Czechoslovakia
    Denmark
    Malmö (Sweden)
    Stockholm (Sweden)
    Oslo (Norway)
    Cite As
    Ruth M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2717). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

    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., 53 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Mutual aid.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Prisoner exchange.
    Postwar experiences.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4288714
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:23:00
    This page:
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