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Paula L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1778) interviewed by Susanna Newman and Brenda Stiefel,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1778

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Paula L., who was born in Copalnic Mănăștur, Romania in 1928, one of five children. She recalls her father's cattle business; her mother's death in 1938; living with her aunt in Spermezeu; Hungarian occupation; returning home in 1943; anti-Jewish measures; ghettoization in a nearby town in May 1944; transfer to the Baia Mare ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; staying with her three sisters; her oldest sister sharing extra food from her kitchen job; trying to contact her brother and father; transfer to Boizenburg in August 1944; improved conditions; slave labor; noting Jewish holidays; evacuation; abandonment by the guards in Ludwigslust; liberation in May 1945; returning home with a group of eighteen through Germany, Prague, and Budapest; reunion with her brother; learning her father had perished; marrying her cousin in 1950; her son's birth; her husband's imprisonment for over eight years because he was "bourgeoisie;" obtaining his release in Bucharest; living in Italy for two years; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. L. discusses their expectation that they would survive the camps and maintaining hope for the next day. She shows photographs.
    Author/Creator
    L., Paula, 1928-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
    Interview Date
    April 23, 1991.
    Locale
    Romania
    Baia Mare
    Copalnic Mănăștur (Romania)
    Spermezeu (Romania)
    Ludwigslust (Germany : Landkreis)
    Prague (Czech Republic)
    Budapest (Hungary)
    Bucharest (Romania)
    Italy
    Cite As
    Paula L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1778). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Newman, Susanna, interviewer.
    Stiefel, Brenda, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 40 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Hungarian occupation.
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296129
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:42:00
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