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.
- 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.
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
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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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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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4288964
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