- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Lilli K., who was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1913. She describes growing up in an assimilated family; the outbreak of war in 1939; her denial of its implications; her deportation to Auschwitz in July 1942; and treatment upon arrival, including the selection of inmates for gassing and experimentation. She recalls her work in the marshes; treatment by the SS guards; working in the administrative offices of the Germans; and her transfer to Birkenau in August 1942. She tells of conditions there; her transfer to the staff building where conditions were better; the Sonderkommando revolt in October 1944, for which many prisoners were punished by death; and spiritual and moral resistance within the camp. She relates the establishment of a new women's camp in Auschwitz in September 1944 and the bombing of the barracks by Americans that same month. Mrs. K. also discusses the deaths of both her husbands; the death march from Auschwitz; and her decision to emigrate to Israel.
- Author/Creator
- K., Lilli, 1913-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
- Interview Date
- April 23, 1985.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Brno (Czech Republic)
- Cite As
- Lilli K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-545). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Brownstein, Mindy, interviewer.
- Notes
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Additional written material is available in the repository.
