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Sally C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-843) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Carole M. Shaffer-Koros,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-843

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.
Author/Creator: C., Sally, 1928-
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.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
Shaffer-Koros, Carole M., interviewer.

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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