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Jenny Z. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2871) interviewed by Gabriel Gorenstein and Faye Geiger,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2871

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Jenny Z., who was born in Działoszyce, Poland. She recalls living in Dąbrowa Górnicza; hostility toward Jewish businesses; German invasion; hiding in Czeladź; arrest; incarceration in Sosnowiec; transfer to Oberaltstadt where she met her two sisters; slave labor in a textile factory; frequent selections; enduring prolonged appels; her younger sister's transfer (she did not survive); a Red Cross visit; severe punishment when her diary was discovered; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; a hostile response from the local Poles; meeting her future husband who was also a survivor; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; and their emigration to the United States. Mrs. Z. discusses sharing her experiences with her daughter and granddaughter.
Author/Creator: Z., Jenny.
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994
Interview Date: March 13, 1994.
Locale: Poland
Działoszyce (Poland)
Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland)
Czeladź (Poland)
Cite As: Jenny Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2871). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Gorenstein, Gabriel, interviewer.
Geiger, Faye, 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., 32 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Survivor-child relations.
Hiding.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Sisters. Poland. Działoszyce (Poland) Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland) Czeladź (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. Z., Jenny. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Sosnowiec (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/4288964
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:23:00
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