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Helena V. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3102) interviewed by Tammy Genesove,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3102

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Helena V., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1924. She recalls her four siblings; deportation of foreign Jews beginning in 1940; marriage in 1941 (her mother thought she would be safer); her husband's draft into a Hungarian slave labor battalion; her son's birth; living with her parents-in-law; losing contact with her parents and siblings; being forced to move to a Jewish designated house; being hidden by a non-Jewish woman; her father-in-law obtaining Vatican and Swedish papers; living in a safe house; remaining indoors for three months; lack of food and water; liberation by Soviet troops; learning her husband had perished; reunions with her siblings; remarriage in 1946; escaping to Vienna with her husband and two children during the 1956 uprising; briefly living in England; and emigration to Canada. Ms. V. discusses her constant fear during the war (it is still with her); her siblings' experiences; and her children.
Author/Creator: V., Helena, 1924-
Published: Vancouver, B.C.. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1990
Interview Date: October 30, 1990.
Locale: Hungary
Budapest (Hungary)
Vienna (Austria)
England
Cite As: Helena V. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3102). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Genesove, Tammy, 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., 37 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Safe houses.
Husband Death.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Mothers and sons. Families. Hungary. Budapest (Hungary) Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956--Personal narratives. Vienna (Austria) England. Oral histories (document genres) V., Helena,--1924-

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/4290552
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:27:00
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