Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Pola G., who was born in Stopnica, Poland in 1926, one of five children. She recalls their traditional shtetl life; German invasion in 1939; ghettoization; transport with her sister and sister-in-law to Skarżysko-Kamienna in 1942; slave labor in a munitions factory; smuggling food with help from civilian workers; their transfer to Częstochowa in 1944, then to Ravensbrück, Burgau, and Dachau; being wounded during liberation by United States troops; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; marriage in 1945; moving to Brussels; her son's birth; emigration to Israel in January 1949; her other son's birth; and emigration to join her sister in the United States in 1959.
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1994
- Interview Date
- December 4, 1994.
- Locale
- Poland
Stopnica
Stopnica (Województwo Świętokrzyskie, Poland)
Brussels (Belgium)
Israel - Cite As
- Pola G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1944). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Postwar experiences.
Child survivors. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Stopnica. Sisters. Forced labor. Stopnica (Województwo Świętokrzyskie, Poland) Poland. Brussels (Belgium) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) G., Pola,--1926- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Burgau (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Feldafing (Displaced persons camp) Częstochowa (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/4296347
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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