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Margo K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-858) interviewed by Jolie Zeleny,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-858

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Margo K., who was born in Remetea Chioarului, Romania in 1921. She recalls German occupation in spring 1944; transport to Șomcuta Mare; her brother's escape; ghettoization in another town; transfer to Nagybánya (Baia Mare); deportation via Košice to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from her parents (she never saw them again); remaining with cousins; slave labor; selections; transfer to Bergen-Belsen in December; assisting friends from her hometown; stealing food; liberation by British troops; returning home in November 1945; marriage to a survivor; moving to Baia Mare; having children; emigration to Israel in 1961; and her husband's recent death. Ms. K. discusses being stripped of her identity in Auschwitz; the deaths of almost all her family; and her brother's survival in hiding.
Author/Creator: K., Margo, 1921-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1992
Interview Date: April 24, 1992.
Locale: Romania
Șomcuta Mare (Romania)
Baia Mare (Romania)
Remetea Chioarului (Romania)
Celle (Germany)
Košice (Slovakia)
Cite As: Margo K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-858). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Zeleny, Jolie, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Hungarian.

Physical Details

Language: Hungarian
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (43 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Romania. Șomcuta Mare (Romania) Baia Mare (Romania) Remetea Chioarului (Romania) Celle (Germany) Košice (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) K., Margo,--1921- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Birkenau (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/4294444
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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