Erica K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Erica K., who was born in Mad, Hungary in 1925 and grew up in Miskolc. She recalls a carefree childhood; German occupation; her father being "taken early"; deportation to Auschwitz with her mother and siblings; transfer to Birkenau with her sister and cousin; constant thirst and hunger; the oppressive odor; liquidation of the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager); transfer to Ravensbru?ck in August 1944, then Reinickendorf; a German foreman providing extra food which she shared with her sister; and transfer to Oranienburg. Mrs. K. describes liberation by Soviet troops; living in Germany, then Brussels; reunion with two siblings and an uncle; and emigrating to the United States in 1953. She notes the importance to her survival of being with her sister and that not one of her school friends survived.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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
- K., Erica, -- 1925-
Corporate Bodies
- Oranienburg (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- RavensbruĚck (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Sisters.
- Forced labor.
- Mutual aid.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Postwar effects.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Reinickendorf (Germany : Concentration camp)
- Hungary.
- Miskolc (Hungary)
- MaĚd (Hungary)
- Brussels (Belgium)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat