Lili B. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1010
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Lili B., who was born in Transylvania. She recalls Hungarian occupation; moving to Budapest in 1942; working as a seamstress; German occupation in 1944; anti-Jewish restrictions; a difficult journey home; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from her family; helping each other stand during appells; forced labor in Gelsenkirchen; liberation from a death march by Soviet troops; returning home; learning one brother had survived; living with her uncles; illegally traveling to Vienna in 1945 with a Zionist group; moving to the Leipheim displaced persons camp in 1946; reunion with her brother; marriage in 1947; and emigration from Marseille to Israel in July 1948. Mrs. B. describes military service in the Israel-Arab War; discharge from service while her husband remained; her son's birth in 1949 and her daughter's in 1958; her husband's emigration to the United States; and following him in 1959. She discusses her depression during the 1960s.

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

  • B., Lili.

Corporate Bodies

  • Gelsenkirchen (Concentration camp)
  • Leipheim (Displaced persons camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Women.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Hungarian occupation.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Forced labor.
  • Death marches.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.

Places

  • Israel.
  • Transylvania (Romania)
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • Marseille (France)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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