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Regina W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-916) interviewed by Bobbie Berger and James W. Pennebaker,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-916

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Regina W., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1903, one of three sisters. She recounts her father's death in 1904; her family's poverty; working for her aunt; marriage to a shoemaker; the deaths of one sister and her mother; German invasion; fleeing to Soviet-occupied Grodno; deportation to Kazakhstan; her husband's forced labor cutting trees, then in a brick factory; his transfer to Arkhangelʹsk; sending him food, then joining him; deportation to Siberia; her husband's work in a coal mine; their repatriation to Łódź in 1945; traveling to Germany; reunion with a nephew; working for the Red Cross; emigration to the United States; and her husband's death. Ms. W. discusses the loss of her entire family, except for one nephew, and her depression and loneliness.
Author/Creator: W., Regina, 1903-
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1987
Interview Date: March 22, 1987.
Locale: Soviet Union
Russia
Łódź (Poland)
Hrodna (Belarus)
Siberia (Russia)
Kazakhstan
Arkhangelʹsk (Russia)
Cite As: Regina W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-916). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Berger, Bobbie, interviewer.
Pennebaker, James W., interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. submaster; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 27 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Soviet occupation.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Husband and wife. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Soviet. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Soviet Union. Russia. Łódź (Poland) Hrodna (Belarus) Siberia (Russia) Kazakhstan. Arkhangelʹsk (Russia) Oral histories (document genres) W., Regina,--1903- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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/4294620
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294620

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