Janet A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2267
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Janet A., who was born in Krako?w, Poland in 1935. She remembers the outbreak of war; fleeing east with her parents and baby sister; remaining in Vinniki when her father joined the Polish army; returning with her parents from Soviet to German-occupied Poland; an unsuccessful escape attempt from the Nowy Targ ghetto; her sister's death; her parents placing her with a non-Jewish nursemaid; several weeks later visiting her parents in the Krako?w ghetto (she never saw her mother again); her father acquiring the birth certificate of a deceased Polish child for her; living with a cousin, then with a Polish woman who placed her on a farm with a Polish family; and reunion with her father after the war. Mrs. A. describes living in constant fear of Poles; emigration to the United States; adjustment to a new life; and she discusses the trauma of feeling abandoned as a child.

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

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