- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ivona F., who was born in 1923. She recalls living in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia; her close family's focus on education; rumors of events in Germany; cordial relations with non-Jews; a demonstration against the Yugoslav/German pact; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish restrictions; moving with her parents and brother to Budapest; their return without her; losing contact in January 1942; learning they had been murdered in a mass killing; briefly returning to Novi Sad; German occupation in March 1944; obtaining false papers as a non-Jew; arrest on April 28; imprisonment; transport to Kistarcsa, then a camp near Vienna; arrival at Auschwitz/Birkenau on July 5; feeling she was on a different planet; showering and tattooing (she shows her tattoo); meaningless forced labor; her friend's selection for death; hospitalization in December; remaining behind when the camp was evacuated; liberation by Soviet troops; studying pharmacy; and the birth of a daughter. Ms. F. discusses the importance of her friend to her survival; memorializing her and her family with this testimony; and the indelible mark which her experiences have left on her and her family.
- Author/Creator
- F., Ivona, 1923-
- Published
- Belgrade, Serbia : Jewish Community in Belgrade, 1991
- Interview Date
- March 3, 1991.
- Locale
- Budapest (Hungary)
Novi Sad (Serbia)
Yugoslavia
- Cite As
- Ivona F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2205), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Almuli, Jaša, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Serbian.
