Betty L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Betty L., who was born in Kozovo, Galicia (presently Ukrainian S.S.R.) in 1910. She describes her orthodox family life; German occupation; collaboration with the Nazis by some local Ukrainians; ghettoization; her mother's death; deportation of her two young children and mother-in-law (she never saw them again); hiding with her husband and other relatives; aid received from Poles and Ukrainians; working for Germans using false papers; and the murders of her father and sister. Mrs. L. tells of liberation by Soviet troops in April 1945; her son's birth in the Landsberg displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States in 1949; her daughter's birth in 1953; her children's careers; discussing her experiences with her children and neighbors; and her continuing financial support of the children of Polish friends who had helped her hide.
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.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- L., Betty, -- 1910-
Corporate Bodies
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- False papers.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Refugee camps.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Husband and wife.
- Family.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Children -- Death.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Mutual aid.
- Postwar experiences.
- Hiding.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Kozova (Ukraine)
- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat