Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Estelle B., who was born in Lask, Poland. She recounts a large, extended family; German invasion in 1939; ghettoization; hiding from round-ups; a public hanging; her older brother being taken as one of ten hostages and shot; round-up of the town's Jews to a church in 1942; transfer with her sister and another brother to the Łódź ghetto; forced factory labor; deportation with her sister to Auschwitz in 1944; her sister sharing food and encouraging her; transfer with her sister to Neukölln; slave labor in a munitions factory; their transfer to Bergen-Belsen, Oranienburg and Ravensbrück; transfer to Sweden via Denmark in Swedish Red Cross busses prior to liberation (Folke Bernadotte negotiated this release); kindness from the Swedes; emigration to the United States in 1946 to join relatives (they treated her like their own child); assistance from HIAS; marriage; and the births of her children. Ms. B. discusses losing hope in the camps; the importance of her sister to her survival; nightmares and health problems resulting from her experiences; and difficulties sharing her story, even with her children, due to efforts to "block out" her painful memories. She shows photographs.
- Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
- Interview Date
- August 27, 1984.
- Locale
- Poland
Łask
Łódź
Łask (Poland)
Denmark
Sweden - Cite As
- Estelle B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-395). 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 (2 hr., 17 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Hiding.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łask. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Forced labor. Sisters. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Nightmares. Poland. Łask (Poland) Denmark. Sweden. Oral histories (document genres) B., Estelle. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Oranienburg (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Svenska röda korset. HIAS (Agency)
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/4293753
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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