Overview
- Interview Summary
- Toni Stransky describes her memories of her deportation to the Tarnów ghetto and then to Auschwitz; daily life in Auschwitz; the ways in which her mother tried to keep her alive; the death of her aunt from typhus; her liberation from Auschwitz in January 1945; being separated from and then reuniting with her mother; waiting at the Munich consulate; reuniting with her two brothers who survived in Russia; and finally leaving for the United States where they joined her father who had emigrated before the war.
- Subtitle
- Survival: The True Story of Toni Stransky
- Interviewee
- Ms. Toni Stransky
- Date
-
2013
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Toni Stransky
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
-
1 DVD.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Toni Stransky
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jews--Persecutions--Poland. Typhus fever. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Munich (Germany) Poland. United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Stransky, Toni.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Toni Stransky donated her oral testimony titled, "Survival: The True Story of Toni Stransky" to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013. The interview was filmed by David Armstrong.
- Special Collection
-
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:34:22
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84469
Download & Licensing
- Request Copy
- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Available for Research
- Plan a Research Visit
