Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Sally C., who was born in Radom, Poland in 1928, the youngest of eight children. She recalls German invasion; her mother persuading her to volunteer for forced labor to avoid deportations; learning some siblings were deported; transfer with two sisters to Ostrowiec, then to Auschwitz, a year later, in June 1944; male prisoners whom they knew throwing them food; transfer six months later to Gebhardsdorf; a death march to Georgenthal; escape and recapture; liberation; returning to Poland seeking relatives; traveling to Czechoslovakia upon finding no one, then to Dachau upon learning their brother was there; and her emigration to the United States in 1947. Ms. C. discusses teaching herself English; earning her college degree; visiting her sister in Israel in 1953; speaking in schools about her experiences; and her children's pride in her giving testimony.
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
- Interview Date
- February 19, 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie)
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Czechoslovakia
Dachau (Germany) - Cite As
- Sally C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-843). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 15 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Survivor-child relations.
Postwar experiences.
Mutual aid.
Child survivors. - 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 ghettos. Jews--Poland--Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie) Forced labor. Sisters. Escapes. Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Poland. Czechoslovakia. Dachau (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) C., Sally,--1928- Ostrowiec (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (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/4294426
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294426
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