LEADER 07411cpd a2200901 a 4500001 4677221 005 20180604133023.0 008 980731s1997 ctu fre d 035 HVT-4083 035 4677221 035 |9FNM5411YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)999860589 090 |bMS 1322 090 |bHVT-4083 100 1 W., Itta, |d1927- 245 10 Itta W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4083) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Yannis Thanassekos and Michel Rosenfeldt, |fMarch 10 and 19, 1997. 260 Brussels, Belgium : |bFondation Auschwitz, |c1997. 300 2 videorecordings (2 hr., 36 min., and 2 hr., 57 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Itta W., who was born in Częstochowa, Poland in 1927. She recounts her family's emigration to Brussels in 1928; her brother's birth when she was five; a happy childhood; attending a music academy; cordial relations with non-Jews; German invasion; briefly fleeing to Tournai; anti-Jewish restrictions; a non-Jewish friend offering to marry her to save her from deportation; their sham marriage; hiding briefly in the Ardennes, then with her brother in her “husband's” apartment (her parents hid elsewhere); visiting her parents once; arrest; transfer to Malines in June 1943; her brother's hospitalization; deportation in August to Auschwitz/Birkenau in a separate railway car from her brother (she never saw him again); being shaved and tattooed; the horrendous smell; a Belgian, Mala Zimetbaum, giving her shoes; a Belgian women recruiting her for the women's orchestra, a privileged position; receiving a violin; recruiting Fanny Korenblum from her transport, thus saving her life; playing as the prisoners marched to and returned from work, under the direction of Sofia Tchaikovska; Alma Rosé being appointed director; her death in April 1944; having no contact with those not in the orchestra; a sense of sisterhood with orchestra members, including Fania Fenelon and Anita Lasker; public hanging of Mala Zimetbaum; transfer of only the Jewish orchestra members to Bergen-Belsen in November; slave labor in a factory; sabotaging their work; contracting typhus; liberation by British troops in April 1945; placement in the Soltau displaced persons camp with other orchestra members; repatriation on May 20; reunion with her parents; divorce; marriage to a survivor; the births of two children; her husband's death in 1965; and remarriage. Ms. W. discusses close bonds with orchestra members; conflicts among national groups; her lack of belief in God being reinforced by her camp experiences; poor health prohibiting her from playing the violin; pervasive painful memories, particularly her brother's death; visiting Auschwitz with her husband; not sharing her experiences with her parents or children; and books by two orchestra members. 546 This testimony is in French. 524 Itta W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4083). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 500 Related publication: Sursis pour l'orchestre / Fania Fénelon ; témoignage recueilli par Marcelle Routier. -- Paris : Stock,c1976. 500 Related publication: Inherit the truth, 1939-1945 : the documented experiences of a survivor of Auschwitz and Belsen / Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. -- London : Giles de la Mare, c1996. 562 |e2 copies: |bBetacam SP dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 600 10 W., Itta, |d1927- 600 10 Feinstein, Elsa Miller. 600 10 Birkenwald, Fanny Korenblum. 600 10 Tchaikovska, Sofia. 600 10 Rosé, Alma. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95011401 600 10 Zimetbaum, Mala, |d1918-1944. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96018410 600 10 Fénelon, Fania. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50002567 600 10 Lasker-Wallfisch, Anita. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97024854 610 20 Malines (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97043298 610 20 Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96112360 610 20 Birkenau (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96068007 610 20 Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96065702 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Women. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147274 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xChildren. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359 650 0 Jewish children in the Holocaust. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96005877 650 0 Interfaith marriage. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002873 650 0 Brothers and sisters. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017225 650 0 Husband and wife. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063204 650 0 Concentration camps |vSongs and music. 650 0 Concentration camps |xSociological aspects. 650 0 Concentration camps |xPsychological aspects. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029590 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xAtrocities. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148285 650 0 Faith. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046928 650 0 Friendship. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051992 650 0 Forced labor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453 650 0 Sabotage. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85116210 650 0 Refugee camps. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87007802 651 0 Poland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071 651 0 Częstochowa (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50065728 651 0 Brussels (Belgium) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79013830 651 0 Tournai (Belgium) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81119791 651 0 Ardennes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006979 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 656 7 Musicians. |2lcsh |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089027 690 4 Child survivors. 690 4 Aid by non-Jews. 690 4 Mutual aid. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 690 4 Hiding. 690 4 Survivor-child relations. 690 4 Postwar effects. 691 4 Soltau (Germany : Refugee camp) 693 24 Auschwitz Orchestra. 700 1 Thanassekos, Yannis, |einterviewer. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80110927 700 1 Rosenfeldt, Michel, |einterviewer. 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b5070353 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.4083) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/mg7fq9qd3w 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/