Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Margaret W., who was born in Izki, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1927, the third of four children in an Orthodox family. She recalls attending a Czech school; Hungarian occupation; her father sending her and her sister to Uz︠h︡horod; returning home in spring 1944; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz in May; separation from her family; transfer to Kaufering with some friends from Izki; slave labor; some Wehrmacht guards giving them extra bread; transfer to Dachau; heavy construction work; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; corpses strewn everywhere; starvation; liberation by British troops; assistance from the Red Cross; transfer to Celle displaced persons camp; traveling to Prague, then Budapest, seeking family; learning from a cousin that her father and uncle had survived; reunion with her father in Izki in July 1945; illegally entering Hungary, then Czechoslovakia, fleeing the communists; living in Prague, then Karlovy Vary; marriage; and emigration to Israel in 1949. Ms. W. discusses her continuing negative feelings about Europe and never wanting to return.
- Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
- Interview Date
- July 24, 1984.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Izki (Ukraine)
Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Budapest (Hungary)
Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) - Cite As
- Margaret W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-350). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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., 23 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Hungarian occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences. - 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 children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Refugee camps. Czechoslovakia. Izki (Ukraine) Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine) Prague (Czech Republic) Budapest (Hungary) Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) Oral histories (document genres) W., Margaret,--1927- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Kaufering (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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/4293609
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4293609
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