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Hedy P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2938) interviewed by Naomi Rappaport,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2938

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Hedy P., who was born in Sevluš, Czechoslovakia (presently Vynohradiv, Ukraine) in 1927. Mrs. P. recalls her happy and observant childhood; Hungarian occupation in March 1939; first experiencing antisemitism; her mother's death; German occupation in March 1944; ghettoization; a Hungarian friend's offer to hide her; choosing to remain with her family; receiving food from her friend; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from her father, brother, and younger sister (she did not survive); remaining with her older sister; establishing contact with their brother; help from kapos and veteran prisoners; the death march in January 1945; a German soldier giving them food and money; arrival at Ravensbrück; transfer to Neustadt/Glewe; liberation by United States troops; detention by Soviets in Prenzlau; their escape to Berlin; moving to Hannover; learning their brother was alive (their father was not); traveling to Prague; marriage; her brother's and sister's emigration to Palestine; her daughter's birth; and emigration to Israel in 1949, then Canada in 1952. Mrs. P. vividly details episodes in the camps, her state of mind, and intergroup relations. She discusses aversion to dental drilling (the smell recalls burning flesh in Auschwitz); visiting Auschwitz recently; and sharing her story with her daughter. She shows many photographs.
    Author/Creator
    P., Hedy, 1927-
    Published
    New York, N. Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994
    Interview Date
    May 9, 1994.
    Locale
    Ukraine
    Vynohradiv
    Czechoslovakia
    Vynohradiv (Ukraine)
    Prenzlau (Germany)
    Berlin (Germany)
    Hannover (Germany)
    Canada
    Prague (Czech Republic)
    Israel
    Cite As
    Hedy P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2938). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Rappaport, Naomi, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 51 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Hungarian occupation.
    Mutual aid.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4289331
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:27:00
    This page:
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