- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Judit G., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1930. She recalls her family's orthodoxy; attending a Jewish school; being sent to the country in 1943 with her younger brother to avoid bombings; their return in January 1944 for their sister's wedding; German invasion; anti-Jewish regulations; forced relocation; her father obtaining places for all of them on the Kasztner train; stopping at Linz; arrival at Bergen-Belsen; separation from the other prisoners; not having to work; apathy due to starvation; praying and fasting on Yom Kippur; transfer after six months to Celerina, Switzerland; her nephew's birth; assistance from the Red Cross; attending a boarding school with her brother near Saint Moritz; returning to Budapest with their family after the war; learning many relatives had been killed; her brother being sent to a yeshiva in England in 1947; marriage in 1948; illegally entering Vienna; her parent's emigration to Israel; her child's birth; her parents joining them in 1954; emigration to the United States in 1957; returning to Vienna; and permanently moving to the U.S. in 1961. Ms. G. notes maintaining her belief in God and sharing only parts of her story with her children.
- Author/Creator
- G., Judit, 1930-
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1988
- Interview Date
- March 9 and June 6, 1988.
- Locale
- Hungary
Budapest (Hungary)
Linz (Austria)
Celerina (Switzerland)
Saint Moritz (Switzerland)
Vienna (Austria)
- Cite As
- Judit G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1222). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Rijs, Robin, interviewer.
Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
