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Erika F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3050) interviewed by Ernest Forrai and Robert Krell,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3050

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Erika F., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1937. She describes her older sister and extended family; her father's draft into a forced labor battalion; no contact with non-Jewish children; receiving help from a non-Jewish aunt; living in a Swedish safe house; escaping a round-up; hiding with her non-Jewish aunt; observing corpses and destruction in the streets; Soviet liberation; learning of her father's death; her mother's remarriage to an Auschwitz survivor; moving to Baj; her affection for her stepfather; the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; her stepfather's death; emigration to Canada; and marriage to a survivor. Mrs. F. discusses her husband's difficulty sharing his experiences with her and their children; sharing her experiences with their children; and the increasing bitterness of her memories.
Author/Creator: F., Erika, 1937-
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1983
Interview Date: November 9, 1983.
Locale: Hungary
Budapest (Hungary)
Baj (Hungary)
Canada
Cite As: Erika F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3050). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Krell, Robert, interviewer.
Forrai, Ernest, 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): Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Safe houses.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Mothers and daughters. Sisters. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Hungary. Budapest (Hungary) Baj (Hungary) Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956--Personal narratives. Canada. Oral histories (document genres) F., Erika,--1937-

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/4290266
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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