- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Helen H., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1923. She recalls antisemitic harassment; her father's death in 1938; she and her mother and brother joining relatives in Kazimierza Wielka; hearing rumors of a round-up; fleeing; hiding with aid from non-Jews in Działoszyce; traveling to Nowy Korczyn; hiding in a bunker with other Jews; being caught with her mother when they went out for food; a Jewish policeman persuading the German to let them go; hiding in a house with her mother and brother; joining a truckload of Jews since there was no other option; slave labor in Kielce at a munitions factory; her mother's selection two months later (she never saw her again); a doctor who knew them helping her brother when he was sick; transfer to Częstochowa in fall 1944, then to Bergen-Belsen in January 1945; remaining with her friend; transfer to Burgau; a death march to Dachau; liberation by United States troops in April; living in a displaced persons camp; reunion with her brother; living in Hamburg; marriage; her daughter's birth; and emigration to the United States.
- Author/Creator
- J., Helen, 1923-
- Published
- Ventnor, N.J. : Federation of Jewish Agencies of Atlantic County/Stockton State College, Oral History Project, 1995
- Interview Date
- August 29, 1995.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź (Poland)
Kazimierza Wielka (Poland)
Nowy Korczyn (Poland)
Działoszyce (Poland)
Hamburg (Germany)
- Cite As
- Helen J. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3185). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Peskoe, Arthur, interviewer.
Stark, Jane, interviewer.
