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Esther K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-267) interviewed by Anne Mayer,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-267

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Esther K., who was born in Lypsha, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in approximately 1920, the second of eleven children. She recalls her family's orthodoxy; cordial relations with non-Jews; working in Budapest; returning home by train in spring 1944: removal from the train in Sátoraljaújhely; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Dachau, then Bergen-Belsen; liberation; returning to Czechoslovakia seeking relatives; learning one brother was in Israel; marriage in Chomutov; and emigration to the United States. Ms. K. discusses slave labor in the camps; prisoners helping each other; observing cannibalism and eating of rats; many horrors she cannot convey; sharing her experiences with her children and other survivors; and frequent nightmares due to her experiences.
Author/Creator: K., Esther, 1920?-
Published: Lawrence, N. Y. : Second Generation of Long Island, 1982
Interview Date: August 2, 1982.
Locale: Czechoslovakia
Lypcha (Ukraine)
Budapest (Hungary)
Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary)
Chomutov (Czech Republic)
Cite As: Esther K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-267). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 1/2 in. VHS master; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 18 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mutual aid.
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. Forced labor. Cannibalism. Nightmares. Czechoslovakia. Lypcha (Ukraine) Budapest (Hungary) Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary) Chomutov (Czech Republic) Oral histories (document genres) K., Esther,--1920?- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (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/4293364
Record last modified:: 2019-11-18 16:34:00
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