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Martha E. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1249) interviewed by Selma Wasserman and Bernard Weinstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1249

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Martha E., who was born in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland in 1937. She recounts her family's affluence; German invasion; fleeing to the Soviet Union; living in Siberia; her aunt joining them; privileged status because her mother was a pharmacist; moving to Bukhoro; attending school; her father's two-year imprisonment; returning to Warsaw after the war; reunion with a cousin; moving to Munich; antisemitic harassment; moving to the Bremen displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States with assistance from HIAS; attending school; and marriage to a survivor.
Author/Creator: E., Martha, 1937-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1988
Interview Date: January 14, 1988.
Locale: Poland
Kazimierz Dolny (Poland)
Siberia (Russia)
Bukhoro (Uzbekistan)
Warsaw (Poland)
Munich (Germany)
Cite As: Martha E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1249). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
Wasserman, Selma, interviewer.

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 (55 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Soviet occupation.
Antisemitism Postwar.
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 refugees. Jews--Migrations. Refugee camps. Poland. Kazimierz Dolny (Poland) Siberia (Russia) Bukhoro (Uzbekistan) Warsaw (Poland) Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) E., Martha,--1937- HIAS (Agency)

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/4294946
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294946

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