Edith K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1574
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Edith K., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1924, an only child. She recalls their assimilated home; essentially being raised by her grandmother; German invasion in 1944; her parents' round-up in November 1944 (she never saw them again); escaping with two friends from a round-up; returning to Budapest; hiding with her future husband's family; obtaining false papers through non-Jewish friends; living as a non-Jew in several places; liberation in January 1945; reunion with her grandmother; learning no other relatives had survived; marriage in 1948; escaping with her family in 1968 through Yugoslavia to Italy; and emigration to the United States. She shows many 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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