- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Hanna H., who was born in Warsaw in 1918. In this extraordinarily vivid and detailed account, Mrs. H. describes her childhood and education in Warsaw; extreme antisemitism; her marriage in 1939; her flight, with her husband, to Russian-occupied Rovnoe; and their return a short time later. She recalls the birth of her son in 1941; the formation of the Warsaw ghetto; the loss of her husband and, later, of her baby; her severe illness; hiding from a selection in a toilet; her discovery and narrow escape from death; and her reunion with her mother in the ghetto. She recounts smuggling herself out of the ghetto; the deportation and death of her mother; securing false papers to live as a non-Jew in Warsaw in exchange for working for the underground; numerous instances of close calls, betrayal, and flight; and liberation. Mrs. H. also speaks of her immediate postwar work as a translator; meeting her second husband, who had also lost his spouse and child; her life as a high official in Łódź; her wish for revenge; the lasting effects of her wartime experiences; her relationship with her children; her autobiographical writing; and her desire to form a discussion/support group of survivors.
- Author/Creator
- H., Hanna, 1918-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984
- Interview Date
- June 23, 1984.
- Locale
- Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw (Poland)
Rivne (Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
Łódź (Poland)
- Cite As
- Hanna H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-285). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Dwork, Bonnie, interviewer.
