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Tova G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2629) interviewed by Helen W. Silverman and Gabriele Schiff,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2629

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Tova G., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1929. She recounts German invasion in September 1939; anti-Jewish measures; ghettoization in 1940; forced labor in order to obtain rations; continuing their Shabbat observance; breaking her leg; her mother's death; deportations in 1942, including relatives; hiding, with help from an aunt, to avoid deportation; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944 with her father and siblings; separation from her family; a beating by a Kapo; transfer to Kiel six weeks later; slave labor in a factory; aid from an Italian POW; transfer to Theresienstadt; liberation by Soviet troops; living in an orphanage in Manchester, England for two years; and emigration to Palestine in 1947. Mrs. G. discusses difficulty adjusting to normal life and persistent feelings of loss and pain.
Author/Creator: G., Tova, 1929-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
Interview Date: May 17, 1993.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Germany
England
Łódź (Poland)
Palestine
Manchester (England)
Cite As: Tova G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2629). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Silverman, Helen W., interviewer.
Schiff, Gabriele, 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., 36 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Mutual aid.
Hiding.
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 ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Forced labor. Prisoners of war--Germany. Orphanages--England. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Palestine. Manchester (England) Oral histories (document genres) G., Tova,--1929- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (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/4296934
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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