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Cyla S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1269) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1269

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Cyla S., who was born in Pruz︠h︡any, Poland in 1914. She recounts her father's death when she was twelve; antisemitic harassment; Soviet occupation in 1939; German invasion; ghettoization; forced labor in a kitchen; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from her family, with the exception of one sister; her sister's hospitalization after a beating; sharing bread; hospitalization for malaria; a prisoner saving her from a selection; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; convalescing in Holland; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; marriage; emigration to the United States; and the births of her daughter and grandchildren.
Author/Creator: S., Cyla, 1914-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
Interview Date: October 21, 1987.
Locale: Belarus
Pruz︠h︡any
Poland
Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus)
Netherlands
Cite As: Cyla S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1269). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, 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 (52 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Mutual aid.
Hospitals in concentration camps.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Belarus--Pruz︠h︡any. Forced labor. Sisters. Refugee camps. Poland. Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus) Netherlands. Oral histories (document genres) S., Cyla,--1914- 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/4294973
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
This page:: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294973

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