LEADER 05151cpd a2200733 a 4500001 4288929 005 20180604133150.0 008 970703s1993 ctu fre d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702233562 035 (CStRLIN)CTYV97-A113 035 4288929 035 HVT-2829 035 |9FLW3107YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)702155110 090 |bHVT-2829 100 1 W., Hélène, |d1927- 245 10 Hélène W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2829) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Claude Morhange and Josette Zarka, |fNovember 21, 1993. 260 Paris, France : |bTémoignages pour mémoire, |c1993. 300 1 videorecording (2 hr., 23 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Hélène W., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1927. She recalls emigration to Paris in 1933; visiting relatives in Poland; her father's internment in Beaune-la-Rolande in 1941; hiding him after his release; her mother's and brother's internment in the Vélodrome d'hiver; begging a German official to release them; their return home; her mother's arrest; their final moment together; receiving food from neighbors; her Resistance work; her arrest in February 1944 (her brother escaped); internment at Drancy; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; extreme hunger, cold, and humiliation; caring for a friend who died; sharing smuggled food with friends; being beaten by a Blockältester; transfer to Canada Kommando where she regained strength; a friend who encouraged and helped her; death marches to Ravensbrück, Malchow, and Dora; escaping with her friend; hiding on a farm; liberation by Soviet troops; their separation at an American camp; traveling to Bourges with OSE; reunion with her brother (her parents did not survive); and her teaching work. Mrs. W. discusses details of camp life and her state of mind; the importance to survival of prisoners helping each other; and, after the war, wanting to share her story, but remaining silent when others would not listen. 546 This testimony is in French. 562 |e2 copies: |b3/4 in. dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 524 Hélène W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2829). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 600 10 W., Hélène, |d1927- 610 20 Drancy (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96094627 610 20 Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96112360 610 20 Birkenau (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96068007 610 20 Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96068008 610 20 World Union OSE. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89106579 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Women. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147274 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xChildren. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xUnderground movements. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148515 650 0 Friendship. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051992 650 0 Forced labor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453 650 0 Death marches. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006384 650 0 Concentration camps |xSociological aspects. 650 0 Escapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044783 650 0 Concentration camps |xPsychological aspects. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029590 651 0 Dora (Germany : Concentration camp) 651 0 Paris (France) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058874 651 0 Poland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071 651 0 Warsaw (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018894 651 0 Bourges (France) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50052205 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Child survivors. 690 4 Hiding. 690 4 Resistance. 690 4 Mutual aid. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 691 4 Malchow (Germany : Concentration camp) 693 24 Canada Kommando. 693 24 OZE. 693 24 OSE. 700 1 Morhange, Claude, |einterviewer. 700 1 Zarka, Josette, |einterviewer. 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies |bYale University Library |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b4668047 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.2829) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/w66930p661 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/