Rose W. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0657
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Rose W., who was born in Sandomierz, Poland, in 1921. Mrs. W. recalls the sizeable Jewish population and considerable antisemitism of her home town; the outbreak of the war; traveling throughout Poland as a non-Jew, doing trade in order to support her family; her deportation, along with two siblings, to Skarz?ysko-Kamienna; working first in Werk B in a HASAG munitions factory, where she was aided by a Polish girl, and later in Werk A, where she witnessed the deterioration and disappearance of her brother; and her transfer to Cze?stochowa and slave labor there. She speaks of religion in the camps; her many lucky opportunities to obtain extra food; liberation by the Russians; and her postwar hospitalization in Vienna. Mrs. W. also describes her experiences in the displaced persons camps of Fu?rth, Bamberg, and Bad Nauheim, where she met and married her husband; emigration to the United States; and her sorrow on happy occasions because of the loss of her family.

Extent and Medium

2 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

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