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Celia L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1721) interviewed by Toby Blum-Dobkin and Michael Alpert,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1721

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.
Author/Creator: L., Celia, 1922-
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.
Other Authors/Editors: Blum-Dobkin, Toby, interviewer.
Alpert, Michael, 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., 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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