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Doris K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1557) interviewed by Toby Blum-Dobkin and Rayzl Kalifowicz-Waletsky,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1557

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Doris K., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1919. She recalls two brothers emigrating to Palestine in 1937 and 1938; active participation in Noʻar ha-Tsiyoni; ghettoization with her parents and brother in 1940; cultural activities; severe hunger; her father encouraging them; deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944; separation from her family (she never saw her parents again); transfer six weeks later to Glogau; slave labor digging anti-tank ditches; a death march; escaping in Resko with a friend who encouraged her to go on; assistance from a local woman; liberation by Soviet troops in Resko; hospitalization in Sulechów; returning to Łódź; marriage; reunion with her brother; emigration to the United States; and health problems related to her experiences. Ms. K. reads poetry she wrote about her experiences and shows photographs.
Author/Creator: K., Doris, 1919-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
Interview Date: August 8, 1990.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Resko (Poland)
Sulechów (Zielona Góra, Poland)
Cite As: Doris K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1557). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blum-Dobkin, Toby, interviewer.
Kalifowicz-Waletsky, Rayzl, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr., 54 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar experiences.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Death marches. Escapes. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Poetry. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Resko (Poland) Sulechów (Zielona Góra, Poland) Oral histories (document genres) K., Doris,--1919- Noʻar ha-Tsiyoni (Organization) Auschwitz (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/4295474
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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