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Dora R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1230) interviewed by Selma Dubnick and Bernard Weinstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1230

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Dora R., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1918. She recalls her marriage, her son's birth; ghettoization; their former non-Jewish maid bringing them food; transfer to the Tarnów ghetto; her husband being taken in a round-up (she never saw him again); her son's violent murder in front of her; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; a brief encounter with her sister (she never saw her again); transfer to Bomlitz; forced labor in a munitions factory; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; a death march; liberation by Soviet troops near Potsdam; traveling to Kraków; meeting her future husband and his daughter (they had been hidden by Poles); living in Linz and Munich; her son's birth; and emigration to the United States. Ms. R. discusses continuing fears resulting from her experiences; psychiatric care after arrival in the U.S.; sharing her story with her son; and discussing her hiding experience with her adopted daughter.
Author/Creator: R., Dora, 1918-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1988
Interview Date: May 31, 1988.
Locale: Poland
Kraków
Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie)
Kraków (Poland)
Potsdam (Germany)
Linz (Austria)
Munich (Germany)
Cite As: Dora R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1230). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Dubnick, Selma, interviewer.
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., 13 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Husband Death.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Kraków. Jews--Poland--Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie) Children--Death. Sisters. Forced labor. Death marches. Kraków (Poland) Poland. Potsdam (Germany) Linz (Austria) Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) R., Dora,--1918- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (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/4294900
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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