Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Hana P, who was born in 1927, one of eight children in an orthodox family. She recounts living in Będzin, Poland; attending a Jewish school; antisemitism immediately before the war; German invasion; soldiers beating her father and cutting off his beard; her family's deportation; her deportation to Grünberg; slave labor in a textile factory; a death march to Neusalz; becoming depressed; several prisoners committing suicide; a death march to Ravensbrück, then Flossenbürg one month later; her friend sharing extra bread; train transfer to Auschwitz, then Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; hospitalization in Sweden; illegal emigration by ship to Palestine; incarceration in Cyprus; marriage; her husband's military draft; reunion with two sisters; emigrating to Australia to join her husband's brother; returning to Israel in the 1970s; and her husband's recent death. Ms. P. discusses fasting on Yom Kippur and praying in camps; nightmares resulting from her experiences; continuing to believe in God; and sharing her experiences with her children and grandchildren.
- Published
- Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2000
- Interview Date
- May 25, 2000.
- Locale
- Będzin (Poland)
Sweden
Palestine
Cyprus
Australia - Cite As
- Hana P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4176). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Hebrew.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Copies
- 2 copies: Betacam SP master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (3 hr., 16 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations. - 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. Forced labor. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Death marches. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Suicide. Nightmares. Faith. Będzin (Poland) Sweden. Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Cyprus. Australia. Oral histories (document genres) P., Hana,--1927- Neusalz (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4919364
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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