Eva T. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0953
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Eva T., who was born in 1925 in Zgierz, Poland. She recalls German invasion in 1939; her father's arrest and release after a severe beating; expulsion from their home; living with her paternal grandfather in ?o?dz?; moving to Warsaw after being warned by her father's German friend; her father's return to Zgierz with Mrs. T's brother and sister; working in a brush factory to earn food for her family; her mother's death from starvation; her siblings' disappearance (she never saw any of them again); attempts to avoid deportation; and transport to Majdanek. Mrs. T. describes hangings and shootings; cruelty inflicted by a kapo; transfer to a marmalade factory; burning bodies at a nearby site; efforts to save a baby; transfer to Auschwitz; a prisoner helping her escape selection; exchanging names with her best friend to avoid separation; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, Aschersleben and Terezi?n; and liberation by Soviet troops in May. She details traveling to ?o?dz? with her friend; living with relatives; attending Zionist meetings; traveling to Munich; marriage to another survivor; and her son's birth. She discusses her recent visit to Zgierz and testifying at war crimes trials in Germany.

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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