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Miriam E. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3067) interviewed by Ernest Forrai,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3067

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Miriam E., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929. She recalls a good life until Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish laws; moving to Khust; deportation to Auschwitz in 1934; separation from her father and brother (she remained with her mother throughout); transfer to Bremen; slave labor; thinking only about food; her mother sharing her food with her; transport in a train that was bombed; emerging to find no guards; an extended hospitalization; living in Neustadt, then Heidenheim displaced persons camps; marriage; her mother's return to their hometown, seeking her father and brothers; traveling to Paris to join relatives; reunion with one brother; and emigration with her husband to Israel, then to Canada a year later. Ms. E. notes her mother and brother emigrated to Israel, and seldom discussing her experience, even with her children, though her husband discussed his experiences with them.
Author/Creator: E., Miriam, 1929-
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1984
Interview Date: July 18, 1994.
Locale: Czechoslovakia
Khust (Ukraine)
Paris (France)
Israel
Cite As: Miriam E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3067). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: 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., 24 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Postwar experiences.
Hungarian occupation.
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. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Czechoslovakia. Khust (Ukraine) Paris (France) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) E., Miriam,--1929- Auschwitz (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/4290301
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4290301

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