Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Rose I., who was born in Vișeu de Sus, Romania in 1923, one of seven children. She recounts her mother's death; visiting relatives in another town; German invasion in March 1944; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz; witnessing an execution; joining her cousin in another barrack; her cousin's transfer; slave labor digging ditches; transfer in December 1944 to Bergen-Belsen; reunion with her sister; her sister's transfer three weeks later; liberation by British troops; observing Kommandant Josef Kramer's capture; spitting at him from a distance; living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; reunion with her brother in January 1946; marriage in 1947; living in Fallingbostel; her son's birth in 1948; emigrating to Toronto in 1949 to join her husband's relatives; difficulties making a living; emigration to the United States in 1956 to join her relatives; and difficulties there for some time. Ms. I. discusses praying regularly in the camps; her belief that miracles and God saved her; continuing faith; and relations between prisoner groups based on nationality.
- Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
- Interview Date
- September 14, 1984.
- Locale
- Romania
Vișeu de Sus (Romania)
Bad Fallingbostel (Germany)
Toronto (Ont.) - Cite As
- Rose I. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-500). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 50 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Forced labor. Sisters. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Faith. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Refugee camps. Romania. Vișeu de Sus (Romania) Bad Fallingbostel (Germany) Toronto (Ont.) Oral histories (document genres) I., Rose,--1923- Kramer, Josef,--1906-1945. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.
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/7401729
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:45:00
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