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Frieda J. Holocaust testimony (HVT-191) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-191

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Frieda J., who was born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, in 1937. She relates her early childhood memories of the Nazi entry into her town; hiding in a closet with a false back; and an assembly of people who were about to be deported. She recalls the public hanging of her father in the small town of Lututov; the deportation of her mother and brother to Treblinka; her own return to Pietrokow; and her frequent relocations under the care of several different extended family members. She recounts her experiences in Ravensbrück; her transport to Bergen-Belsen with other children; life in the camp; her chance postwar reunion with her aunt and uncle; and life with them in Brussels.
Author/Creator: J., Frieda, 1937-
Published: Palm Beach, Fla. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: March 5, 1980.
Locale: Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
Lututów (Poland)
Cite As: Frieda J. Holocaust Testimony. Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.

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: 1 videorecording (56 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland) Lututów (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) J., Frieda,--1937- Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (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/752874
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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