Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of David G., who was born in Cluj, Romania in 1915, and Rosa G., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1915. Mr. G. describes his family of nine children; work as a stockbroker in Cluj; German occupation; ghettoization; his brothers' working in Russia in a Hungarian labor battalion; deportation to the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager) of Auschwitz/Birkenau; transport to Kaufering; forced labor; public hanging of a boy who stole bread; liberation by United States troops; and meeting his wife in Landsberg displaced persons camp. He discusses his acquaintance with Rudolf Kasztner in Cluj; Kasztner's rescue of 175 family members; his offer to save Mr. G. who refused to leave his own family; and his sense that Kasztner was not guilty of collaboration. Mrs. G. relates the German occupation of Budapest in 1944; ghetto conditions; a forced march to Austria; transport to Landsberg; forced labor as a seamstress; obtaining extra food from soldiers for whom she sewed; praying that she would see her family again; transfer to Dachau in 1945; liberation by United States troops; life in the Landsberg displaced persons camp; her marriage; the birth of their son and his death six weeks later; and emigration to the United States in 1949.
- Published
- Kansas City, Mo. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979
- Interview Date
- 1979.
- Locale
- Romania
Cluj-Napoca
Hungary
Budapest
Eger (Hungary)
Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Budapest (Hungary) - Cite As
- David and Rosa G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-140). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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 (53 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
False papers.
Hungarian occupation.
Zionist organizations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Romania--Cluj-Napoca. Forced labor. Jews--Hungary--Budapest. Faith. Children--Death. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Husband and wife. Eger (Hungary) Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Romania. Budapest (Hungary) Hungary. Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. G., David,--1915- G., Rosa,--1915- Kasztner, Rezső Rudolf,--1906-1957. Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Landsberg (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Kaufering (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/992499
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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