Hela S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Hela S., who was born in Be?dzin, Poland, in 1911, into an Orthodox family of twelve children. Mrs. S. describes extreme antisemitism during her childhood; her close friendship with a non-Jew; her education and marriage; mass murders during the German occupation; the deportation of the Jewish men of Be?dzin; and her and her family's internment in the Srodula ghetto. She tells of her slave labor in Gleiwitz; the death march to Ravensbru?ck; and her liberation by the Russians. Postwar experiences include her return to Be?dzin; her travels in search of family members; and her reunion with her sisters and her husband. Throughout the testimony, Mrs. S. offers many detailed descriptions of the events she describes.
Extent and Medium
3 videocassettes (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
- S., Hela, -- 1911-
Corporate Bodies
- Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Poland -- Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie)
- Forced labor.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Mass killings.
- Death marches.
Places
- Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
- Będzin (Poland)
- Poland.
- Gleiwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Sosnowiec ghetto.
- Gliwice (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat