Margit F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1441
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Margit F., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1929. She recounts living in Tolcsva; her family's orthodoxy; antisemitic harassment; attending Jewish schools locally and in Budapest; her father's draft into a Hungarian slave labor battalion in 1943; his return; ghettoization in Sa?toraljau?jhely in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from her parents; her father being beaten when he left the line to bless her; remaining with an aunt and her aunt's sister-in-law; their transfer to Krako?w; slave labor in a quarry; assistance from her aunt; the shooting of every tenth prisoner; transfer back to Auschwitz, then to Gru?nberg; slave labor in a munitions factory; a death march to Bergen-Belsen; becoming ill; her relatives' deaths; liberation by British troops; assistance from the Red Cross; being injured in an accident; hospitalization; transfer to Sweden; learning her mother and father had been killed; and emigration to the United States in August 1947 to join relatives. Ms. F. discusses her religious faith and its importance to her survival; visiting Hungary with her family in 1972; speaking in schools; and nightmares resulting from her experiences.

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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