Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Eva R., who was born in approximately 1919, the youngest of ten children. She recalls living in a small village; her father's death; German invasion; forced labor; escaping with her brother, sister, and niece from a transport in October 1942; hiding in the woods, with a non-Jewish farmer, and in her niece's husband's town; entering Kielce concentration camp with her niece since hiding was too dangerous; slave labor in a HASAG factory for two and a half years; transfer to Częstochowa, Bergen-Belsen, Burgau, and Landsberg; Allied bombings; a death march to Allach; liberation by United States troops in April 1945; Red Cross assistance; hospitalization; her niece's death; reunion with one brother and another niece, her sole family survivors; living in a refugee camp near Munich; marriage in September 1945; her daughter's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Ms. R. notes her sisters were killed in hiding; the importance of her belief in God to her survival; "everyone was for themselves" in camps; and sharing her experiences only with other survivors.
- Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1985
- Interview Date
- January 7, 1985.
- Locale
- Poland
Munich (Germany)
Allach-Untermenzing (Munich, Germany) - Cite As
- Eva R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-466). 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., 13 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Hiding.
Forests.
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. Forced labor. Escapes. Sisters. Brothers and sisters. Death marches. Faith. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Refugee camps. Poland. Munich (Germany) Allach-Untermenzing (Munich, Germany) Oral histories (document genres) R., Eva,--1919?- Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft. Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Kielce (Concentration camp) Częstochowa (Concentration camp) Burgau (Concentration camp) Allach (Concentration camp) Landsberg (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/4293829
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4293829
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