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Lilly G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1060) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1060

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Lilly G., who was born in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary in 1923. She recalls attending a Jewish school; her family's orthodoxy; her brothers' draft into Hungarian slave labor battalions; one brother feigning insanity to evade service; visiting him in Budapest; German invasion in March 1944; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from her mother and younger sister (she never saw them again); remaining with her sister and her future husband's mother; transfer to Dachau; hospitalization; her sister singing to her; friends hiding her since she was too sick to work; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; hospitalization; living in a displaced persons camp; reunion with a brother; traveling to Budapest; marriage; moving to Sweden to join her husband's sister; and emigration to the United States. Ms. G. tells of nightmares resulting from her experiences and discussing her experiences only with others who were in camps.
Author/Creator: G., Lilly, 1923-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
Interview Date: July 28, 1987.
Locale: Hungary
Sátoraljaújhely
Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary)
Budapest (Hungary)
Sweden
Cite As: Lilly G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1060). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 38 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Mutual aid.
Hospitals in concentration camps.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Hungary--Sátoraljaújhely. Nightmares. Sisters. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary) Hungary. Budapest (Hungary) Sweden. Oral histories (document genres) G., Lilly,--1923- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (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/4294799
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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