- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Freida F., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1928, the youngest of four children. She recalls Hungarian occupation; receiving money from American relatives; a forced march to Svali︠a︡va; train transfer to the Munkács ghetto, then Auschwitz; separation from her parents and other relatives; remaining with her sisters; sorting clothing of the murdered Jews; smuggling food and valuables to her barrack; separation from one sister; being compelled to give blood; learning of a planned revolt from a cousin who worked in the crematoria; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, Venusberg, then Mauthausen; liberation by United States troops in May 1945; traveling to Bratislava; reunion with their sister; a brief visit to their hometown; living in Mukacheve; reunion with their brother; traveling to Budapest and Prague; living in Gabersee displaced persons camp and an orphanage in Prien; emigration to the United States in 1947 to join relatives; her siblings' arrival in 1949; and marriage in 1951. Ms. F. discusses always helping others, but not comprehending events in the camps; guilt over her mother's death; frequent headaches; shielding her children from her pain; and the killing of hundreds of relatives.
- Author/Creator
- F., Frieda, 1928-
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
- Interview Date
- November 4, 1987.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Mukacheve
Germany
Svali︠a︡va (Ukraine)
Czechoslovakia
Mukacheve (Ukraine)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Budapest (Hungary)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Prien am Chiemsee (Germany)
- Cite As
- Frieda F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1180). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kaplowitz, Henry, interviewer.
Dubnick, Selma, interviewer.