Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Celia L., who was born in Biała Podlaska, Poland in 1922. She recalls her father's Hasidism; brief Soviet invasion; not fleeing when the Soviets left because her father thought the war would end soon; forced labor under German occupation; transfer to the Międzyrzec Podlaski ghetto; a warning from a German about an impending round-up; hiding; deportation with her family to Majdanek; separation upon arrival (they did not survive); slave labor; transfer to Skarżysko-Kamienna; improved conditions; transfer to Częstochowa; a Polish worker offering to hide her; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Łódź; living in Landsberg and Föhrenwald displaced persons camps; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. L. shows photographs and a ring she received as a gift in Skarżysko.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
- Interview Date
- April 23, 1990.
- Locale
- Poland
Międzyrzec Podlaski
Biała Podlaska (Poland)
Łódź (Poland) - Cite As
- Celia L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1721). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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., 24 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Międzyrzec Podlaski. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Poland. Biała Podlaska (Poland) Łódź (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) L., Celia,--1922- Częstochowa (Concentration camp) Majdanek (Concentration camp) Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp) Föhrenwald (Displaced persons 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/4296002
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4296002
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