- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Greta M., who was born in Krásny Brod, Czechoslovakia in 1937. She recounts moving to Humenné when she was two; her large, extended family; her grandmother, aunt, and uncle emigrating to the United States; her father losing his government job due to anti-Jewish laws; expulsion from school; having to wear the yellow star; non-Jews helping them avoid deportation; obtaining false papers as non-Jews; leaving Humenné in 1943 when it became too dangerous; living in Kosiče and Bratislava; renting an apartment in a small town; fleeing from a German raid while being shot at; being hidden by non-Jewish farmers in a village; hiding in a bunker when warned by partisans of German raids; her mother trying to keep up her education; liberation in May 1945 by Soviet troops; returning to Humenné; reunion with her grandparents and aunt; attending school; reclaiming her Jewish identity through Hashomer Hatzair; and emigration to the United States in December 1948 to join their relatives. Ms. M. discusses stress and fear while in hiding; sharing her experiences with her husband and children; and participating in a child survivor's group. She shows photographs and a document.
- Author/Creator
- M., Greta, 1937-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
- Interview Date
- November 12, 1990.
- Locale
- Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Krásny Brod (Slovakia)
Humenné (Slovakia)
Košice (Slovakia)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
- Cite As
- Greta M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1700). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Dwork, Bonnie, interviewer.
