Rose C. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1417
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Rose C., who was born in Strzemieszyce Wielkie, Poland in 1923, one of five children. She recalls ghettoization; volunteering for a "work camp" to allow the rest of her family to stay home (they were deported and most killed after she left); slave labor in a textile factory in Kruszwica-Gruschwitz; the death march to Flossenbu?rg, then transfer to Bergen-Belsen; a friend obtaining a privileged job for her in the infirmary; quitting after a few days because she could not tolerate handling the corpses; liberation by British troops; being cared for by German nurses; learning her father was in Buchenwald; traveling there; reunion with her father; his death on August 1, 1945; traveling to ?o?dz? seeking surviving relatives; marriage; a brief stay in Sosnowiec; returning to Germany; living in Eschenbach; and emigration to the United States in fall 1947. Ms. C. notes she had hope of surviving in camps because she was young and healthy and also hope of finding surviving family.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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

  • C., Rose, -- 1923-

Corporate Bodies

  • Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
  • Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
  • Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Postwar experiences.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Strzemieszyce Wielkie.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Hospitals in concentration camps.
  • Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
  • Death marches.
  • Forced labor.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Women.

Places

  • Poland.
  • Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz (Germany)
  • Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Strzemieszyce Wielkie (Poland)
  • Strzemieszyce Wielkie ghetto.
  • Kruszwica-Gruschwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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