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Remembering Częstochowa, Poland (HVT-8080) / 2004.

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-8080

Overview

Summary: Seven survivors from Częstochowa, Poland describe their lives before the war; German invasion; ghettoization; mass killings; deportations; slave labor in German factories established in Częstochowa; liberation by Soviet troops, and their losses. This edited program was prepared for an exhibit in Częstochowa that was also shown in Kraków, Warsaw, and the United States. There is a version with Polish subtitles.
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2004
Locale: Częstochowa (Poland)
Cite As: Remembering Częstochowa, Poland (HVT-8080). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Notes: Related material: Malka B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1576). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Related material: Ludwig F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-155). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Related material: Leon G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-20). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Related material: Lola J. Holocaust testimony (HVT-766). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Related material: William R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-9). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Related material: Leon S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-832). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Related material: Paula K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1350). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: Betacam SP master; Betacam SP dub; 1/2 in. VHS ; and DVD.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (38 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Częstochowa (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Częstochowa (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/7168126
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt7168126

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