Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Nina S., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1924. She recalls German invasion; anti-Jewish measures; fleeing with her parents to Katowice, then Warsaw, in December 1939; returning to Łódź; her father's work for the Judenrat; attending school; cultural events; working at a factory after school; pervasive filth and starvation (many in her family starved to death); a public hanging; her father's deportation in July 1944 (she never saw him again); deportation in August to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from her mother upon arrival (she never saw her again); transfer twelve days later to Bergen-Belsen; women singing Hebrew songs; transfer to a munitions factory at Unterlüss; assistance from a German officer; being carried by another prisoner during a death march in December 1944; liberation by British troops in April 1945; and recuperating in Malmö, Sweden. Mrs. S. describes the kindness of the Swedes; her postwar state of depression; marriage in August 1947; the births of two children; and emigration to the United States in January 1950. She discusses reluctance to share her experiences with her children; constant fear during the war years; and her pervasive memories.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1996
- Interview Date
- March 21, 1996.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Katowice (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Malmö (Sweden) - Cite As
- Nina S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3260). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: Betacam SP master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 26 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Jewish councils. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Death marches. Concentration camps--Songs and music. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Katowice (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Malmö (Sweden) Oral histories (document genres) S., Nina,--1924- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/4291083
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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