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Sarah S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4036) interviewed by Rachel Wizner,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4036

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Sarah S., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1924, the oldest of three children. She recalls her father's death prior to the war; German invasion; ghettoization in spring 1940; saying she was older to obtain a job; working in the pharmacy; she and her sister hiding her mother and brother during a round-up; starvation; deportation with her family to Auschwitz; separation with her sister to a women's barrack (she never saw her mother or brother again); her sister's selection for death; transfer to Halbstadt four months later; slave labor in a mill; sabotaging the equipment; frequent injuries with pieces of hot metal; liberation by Soviet troops six months later; returning to Łódź, seeking relatives; moving to Föhrenwald displaced persons camp; frequent medical treatment for her injuries; marriage in September 1946; living in Munich; and emigration to the United States four and a half years later. Ms. S. discusses her husband's premature death; health problems due to her experiences; and pervasive painful memories.
Author/Creator: S., Sarah, 1924-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2000
Interview Date: August 18, 2000.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Munich (Germany)
Cite As: Sarah S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4036). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Wizner, Rachel, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Yiddish.

Physical Details

Language: Yiddish
Copies: 4 copies: Hi8 master; 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 13 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
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--Łódź. Sisters. Forced labor. Sabotage. Refugee camps. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) S., Sarah,--1924- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Föhrenwald (Displaced persons 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/4635117
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:26:00
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