Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Susan M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-782) interviewed by Kathy Strochlic and Robert Prince,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-782

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Overview

    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Susan M., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1925. She describes her happy childhood as a performer in a successful children's theatre; her parent's divorce; her rejection from the art academy due to the Jewish quota; the nonchalant attitude of the Jewish community until the German occupation in 1944; anti-Semitic legislation; hiding with her father with the aid of his non-Jewish fiancee; the establishment of the ghetto; and the reign of the Hungarian Gestapo. She relates working as a nurse while hiding on false papers; being recognized by a non-Jewish friend who turned her over to the Hungarian Gestapo; being jailed, beaten, threatened with execution and torture; friendship with a fellow prisoner who was affiliated with the Swedish Red Cross and their subsequent escape; hiding in her father's house; searching for her mother after the ghetto had been bombed; and the Soviet liberation. Mrs. M. remembers meeting her husband and emigration to the United States. She reflects upon the qualities of her memories; her relationship with her children; and her feelings about fate and self-determination.
    Author/Creator
    M., Susan, 1925-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1986
    Interview Date
    November 9, 1986.
    Locale
    Hungary
    Budapest (Hungary)
    Cite As
    Susan M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-782). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Strochlic, Kathy, interviewer.
    Prince, Robert, 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 (1 hr., 8 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Hiding.
    False papers.
    Aid by non-Jews.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/967643
    Record last modified:
    2018-03-06 14:08:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt967643

    Additional Resources

    Librarian View

    Download & Licensing

    • Terms of Use
    • This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.

    In-Person Research

    Request Access from Yale University Libraries

    Contact Us