Etta W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Etta W., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1922. She recalls cordial relations with non-Jews in her village; attending a Christian school; joining a Zionist group against her grandmother's wishes; her older sister's emigration to Palestine; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish regulations; leaving for Budapest in 1939; emigration to Palestine using the passport of another person; joining the British army as a nurse; serving in Italy; assisting survivors to emigrate to Palestine after the war; learning most of her family and people from her village had perished; discharge from the service; completing her nursing training in Israel; meeting her future husband, a non-Jewish American; marriage in Israel; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. W. discusses her guilt at surviving while so many friends and relatives were killed and a reunion with a surviving cousin in Canada who shared her story and those of other relatives.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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People
- W., Etta, -- 1922-
Subjects
- Interfaith marriage.
- Zionists.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, British.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Postwar effects.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Postwar experiences.
- False papers.
- Hungarian occupation.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Czechoslovakia.
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Italy.
- Palestine.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat