Martha H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Martha H., who was born in Vilma?ny, Hungary in 1927. She recalls about fifty Jewish people living there; commuting to a Catholic school in Abau?jsza?nto? at age ten; attending a boarding school in Budapest in 1943; German invasion in March 1944; hearing from home for a short time; forced labor with friends clearing bombing rubble; hiding briefly in a basement; being rounded-up; escaping with her friends; a Jewish agency placing them in a Swedish safe house; disbanding of the house when it became too dangerous; receiving false papers; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Hatvan, then Romania; returning to Vilma?ny seeking relatives; reunion with her cousin Ida F.; learning her parents and younger sister had been killed after they were deported; marriage in 1946; moving to Budapest; and emigration to the United States in 1956. Ms. H. discusses nightmares about her experiences and keeping her story from her children, not wanting to scare them.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
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People
- H., Martha, -- 1927-
Subjects
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- False papers.
- Safe houses.
- Mutual aid.
- Hiding.
- Nightmares.
- Escapes.
- Survivor-child relations.
Places
- Romania.
- Hatvan (Hungary)
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Abaújszántó (Hungary)
- Vilmány (Hungary)
- Hungary.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat