Miny H. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0017
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Miny H., who was born in Poland. Although she has great difficulty expressing herself in English, Ms. H. speaks of the loss of her family, with the exception of one surviving brother; slave labor in Estonia and Germany; life in the Stutthof concentration camp; and her attempts, amidst constant degradation, to retain her humanity.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (3/4" u-matic)

Conditions Governing Access

This testimony is open with permission.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • H., Miny, -- 1916-

Corporate Bodies

  • Stutthof (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Video tapes.
  • Women.
  • Forced labor.
  • Passive resistance.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Estonia.
  • Vilnius (Lithuania)
  • Vilna (Poland)
  • Poland.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- ftamc
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