- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Susan K., who was born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia in 1925. She recounts living in Dolní Suchá; her family's affluent, assimilated lifestyle; having to move to Ostrava in 1939 due to the war; her father's deportation to Nisko in October; apprenticeship to a milliner; moving to Prague with her mother and younger sister; sorting clothing of deported Jews; deportation to Theresienstadt in July 1943; forced labor assignments sorting clothing, in the mental hospital, in agriculture, and in the crematorium; sham improvements for a Swiss Red Cross visit; visiting friends and attending concerts; her boyfriend's deportation to Auschwitz, then hers with her family; separation from her mother and sister (she never saw them again); remaining with a friend; transfer four days later to Kurzbach; slave labor digging anti-tank ditches; a death march and train transport to Bergen-Belsen in January 1945; corpses all over; her friend's death; liberation; seeing a document with her father's handwriting; traveling to Prague; reunion with her father; marriage; and emigration to England. Ms. K. discusses the importance of being with her friend; and being able to adjust to shocks due to her experiences.
- Author/Creator
- K., Susan, 1927-
- Published
- London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1991
- Interview Date
- January 17, 1991.
- Locale
- Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Czechoslovakia
Prague (Czech Republic)
Dolní Suchá (Czech Republic)
- Cite As
- Susan K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2377). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Perry, Elliot, interviewer.
