Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Mila B., who was born in 1927 in Chrzanów, Poland, one of six children. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; her grandfather's death in 1936 resulting from antisemitic violence by Poles; German invasion; deportations of two brothers; forced factory labor; her mother's deportation, then one sister's, then her own in 1942; arrival at Sosnowiec; transfer to Neusalz; slave labor in a textile factory; singing songs with other prisoners; fasting on Yom Kippur; learning from a newly-arrived prisoner from Chrzanów that her father, brother, and youngest sister had been deported; a death march in January 1945; Hitler Youth beating them en route through Potsdam; escaping for a day and a half with another girl; arrival in Flossenbürg; public hangings; train transport to Bergen-Belsen; corpses scattered everywhere; liberation by British troops; living in Lingen with a German family, then in Bergen; reunion with her brother; emigration to the United States in 1947; marriage to a survivor from Chrzanów; and the births of three children. Ms. B. notes her brother was her only immediate family member to survive; her continuing belief in God; and sharing her experiences with her children. She shows photographs.
- Published
- Union, N. J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
- Interview Date
- July 9, 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Chrzanów
Chrzanów (Poland)
Potsdam (Germany)
Lingen (Lower Saxony, Germany)
Bergen (Celle, Germany) - Cite As
- Mila B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1056). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 16 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations. - 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 children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Chrzanów. Forced labor. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Death marches. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Faith. Poland. Chrzanów (Poland) Potsdam (Germany) Lingen (Lower Saxony, Germany) Bergen (Celle, Germany) Oral histories (document genres) B., Mila,--1927- Neusalz (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Sosnowiec (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4294792
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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