Hilda G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1367
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Hilda G., who was born in Kutuzovo, Germany (presently Russia) and raised in Memel (presently Klaipe?da). She recalls her father's early death; her brother's emigration to Palestine in 1939; German invasion; fleeing to relatives in Kaunas; German invasion; ghettoization; forced labor with her sister at the airport; exchanging possessions with peasants for food; an older Wehrmacht soldier providing them with easier work and extra food; transfer with her mother and sister to Stutthof; transfer to a slave labor camp; separation from her sister (she never saw her again); her mother freezing to death on a death march; encountering a cousin; liberation by Soviet troops; a long hospital recuperation; communication from her brother through the Red Cross; traveling to ?o?dz?, then Munich; reunion with an uncle; and emigration to the United States two years later. Ms. G. discusses nightmares resulting from her experiences; reluctance to share her experiences with her daughter, then doing so through her testimony; visiting her uncle in Germany; and thirty-five close family members who were killed in the Holocaust. She shows photographs.

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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