Dora E. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Dora E., who was born in Pabianice, Poland in 1927 to a family of five children. She relates her prewar family life and happy childhood; German occupation; her family's deportation to the ?o?dz? ghetto; remaining alone at Pabianice; her own transfer to the ?o?dz? ghetto; conditions of starvation and isolation; hiding in a cellar; her father's death in 1942; separation from her family and deportation to Auschwitz; sorting clothing for a few weeks in Auschwitz; transfer to Frankfurt am Main; slave labor carrying sand and gravel; and liberation from Bergen-Belsen by British troops. Mrs. E. discusses a year spent in the Zeilsheim refugee camp; marriage and emigration to the United States; and her belief in the importance of mutual respect.
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
People
- E., Dora, -- 1927-
Corporate Bodies
- Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Refugee camps.
- Forced labor.
- Child survivors.
- Hiding.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Łódź ghetto.
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany : Concentration camp)
- Poland.
- Pabianice (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat