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Hilda P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-465) interviewed by Sidney Elsner,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-465

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Hilda P., who lived in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy prior to World War I, then in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia (Karolovy Vary). She recalls moving to Prague; working as a tutor; German occupation; marriage in 1940; her husband's internment; deportation to Theresienstadt in February 1943; slave labor in a uniform factory; transfer to a prison in Prague in February 1944, then to Vittel; receiving Red Cross packages; liberation; traveling to Paris, then to Prague; reunion with her husband; living in Munich, then in a displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States. Ms. P. discusses reluctance to share her experiences and sleep difficulties resulting from her experiences. She shows photographs, documents and a book.
Author/Creator: P., Hilda.
Published: Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
Interview Date: December 27, 1984.
Locale: Austria
Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Paris (France)
Munich (Germany)
Cite As: Hilda P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-465). 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., 14 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
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--Prisoners and prisons, German. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Austria. Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) Prague (Czech Republic) Paris (France) Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) P., Hilda. Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Vittel (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/4293827
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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