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Betty B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-514) interviewed by Sally Weinberg,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-514

Videotape testimony of Betty B., who was born in approximately 1924, one of seven children. She recounts living in Łańcut, Poland; attending Polish and Hebrew schools; one brother's emigration to Argentina; an "atmosphere" of antisemitism; German invasion; her sister and family joining them; anti-Jewish restrictions; another brother fleeing to Soviet-occupied territory; living in Rączyna; her father's deportation in May 1942 (she never saw him again); a round-up with her mother, two sisters, a brother-in-law and his children in July; escaping; joining two sisters in another town; hiding with non-Jews in several places, including Wysoka; her older sister's denouncement and arrest; hiding with her younger sister and three-year-old nephew in Sonina; assistance from her brother-in-law who was hiding elsewhere; learning of his denouncement and murder; liberation by Soviet troops in summer 1944; joining a group of survivors, including her future husband; traveling to Kraków, then Wrocław; marriage in December 1945; living in displaced persons camps in Germany; assistance from UNRRA; her son's birth in 1950; and emigration to the United States. Ms. B. notes many non-Jews who helped them in hiding, and her ever-present fear, even after the arrival of Soviet troops.

Author/Creator
B., Betty, 1924?-
Published
Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1985
Interview Date
January 16, 1985.
Locale
Poland
Łańcut (Poland)
Wysoka (Poland)
Sonina (Poland)
Rączyna (Poland)
Kraków (Poland)
Wrocław (Poland)
Czechoslovakia
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Betty B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-514). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4293914
Record last modified: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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