Sylvia B. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Sylvia B., who was born in Lwo?w, Poland (presently L?viv, Ukraine) in 1925. She recalls moving with her family to Magerov; German occupation for two weeks; Soviet occupation; reporting for compulsory forced labor for the Soviets on June 22, 1941; German bombardment; being driven eastward by Soviet troops (she never saw her parents again), then train transport from Ternopil?; escaping from the train in Kharkiv with two friends; having to retreat with Soviets as the Germans advanced; forced labor; escaping in 1944; walking for hundreds of miles; arriving in Kiev in the spring; learning about concentration camps and mass killings; returning to Lwo?w, then Magerov, seeking surviving relatives; fleeing from antisemitic attacks; meeting her husband in Rava-Russkai?a?; marriage; smuggling themselves to Poland; staying in Labach, then Warsaw; her son's birth; traveling to Berlin; living in Zehlendorf, Schlachtensee, and Eschwege displaced persons camps; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mrs. B. notes she has difficulties dealing with her war memories; not understanding why she survived; and the enormity of the loss for the entire world.

2 videocassettes