Lilly G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1060
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Lilly G., who was born in Sa?toraljau?jhely, Hungary in 1923. She recalls attending a Jewish school; her family's orthodoxy; her brothers' draft into Hungarian slave labor battalions; one brother feigning insanity to evade service; visiting him in Budapest; German invasion in March 1944; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from her mother and younger sister (she never saw them again); remaining with her sister and her future husband's mother; transfer to Dachau; hospitalization; her sister singing to her; friends hiding her since she was too sick to work; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; hospitalization; living in a displaced persons camp; reunion with a brother; traveling to Budapest; marriage; moving to Sweden to join her husband's sister; and emigration to the United States. Ms. G. tells of nightmares resulting from her experiences and discussing her experiences only with others who were in camps.

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

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