Saba B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Saba B., who was born in approximately 1926. She recalls incarceration with her sister in Skarz?ysko-Kamienna and Cze?stochowa; her sister saving her from a selection for death; working in her sister's place which saved her sister's life; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; useless forced labor; transfer to Burgau; forced labor in an airplane factory; fasting on Yom Kippur; transfer to Tu?rkheim; a death march; her sister engineering their escape; hiding in the woods with other escapees; seeking food in a nearby town; liberation by United States troops; living with Germans; treatment by a German doctor; moving to displaced persons camps; living in Landsberg displaced persons camp for three years; working on the camp newspaper; marriage; emigration to join relatives in the United States; her son's birth in 1951; and working hard to have a "normal" life. Ms. B. discusses her continuing belief in God; seldom discussing her experience with her son; his efforts to shield them from any bad news; and receiving war reparations.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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. This testimony can only be used for scholarly or educational purposes.
Rules and Conventions
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- B., Saba, -- 1926?-
Corporate Bodies
- Burgau (Concentration camp)
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
- Skarżysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp)
- Türkheim (Concentration camp)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Częstochowa (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar effects.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Postwar experiences.
- Mutual aid.
- Faith.
- Refugee camps.
- Escapes.
- Death marches.
- Concentration camp inmates -- Religious life.
- Forced labor.
- Sisters.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat