Edith W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2956) interviewed by Naomi Rappaport,

Videotape testimony of Edith W., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1916, the youngest of eight children. Mrs. W. recalls Jewish holidays; antisemitic harassment; friendships with non-Jews; German invasion; men escaping to the Soviet Union, including her husband (she never saw him again); remaining with her son and mother; ghettoization; her mother's murder; working at Oskar Schindler's factory; her child's selection for death; transfer to Płaszów; living at Schindler's factory camp; asking Schindler to move her boyfriend to the factory; deportation of the women to Auschwitz, then Brünnlitz; sabotaging the ammunition on which she worked; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Kraków; reunion with her boyfriend; moving to Regensburg, Germany; Schindler attending her wedding; emigration to the United States; assistance from HIAS; and her son's birth. Mrs. W. notes sharing experiences with her son, grandson, and school groups; maintaining contact with fellow survivors; recurring nightmares; and assisting Schindler the rest of his life.