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Eva B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1) interviewed by Dori Laub and Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Eva B., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1924. She describes German and Czech nationalism in prewar Prague; the German occupation of Prague; conditions and experiences in Theresienstadt, where she and her mother remained for two years, Auschwitz for a week, and Oederan for months; and their liberation from Theresienstadt, to which they had been transported again shortly before the end of the war. Mrs. B. speaks of her boyfriend, who did not survive the war and whose loss she still mourns; the psychological coping mechanisms which aided her survival; postwar adjustment and effects; and her husband and children.
Author/Creator: B., Eva, 1925-2017.
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979
Interview Date: May 2, 1979 and September 19, 1979.
Locale: Prague (Czech Republic)
Czechoslovakia
Berlin (Germany)
Germany
Cite As: Eva B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Eva B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1101), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 2 videorecordings (43 min. and 1 hr.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Women. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Video tapes. Holocaust survivors. Prague (Czech Republic) Czechoslovakia. Berlin (Germany) Germany. Oral histories (document genres) B., Eva,--1925-2017. Oederan (Concentration camp) 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/616929
Record last modified:: 2019-11-18 15:52:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616929

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