Ida N. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2428
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Ida N., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1924, the oldest of ten children. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; living with relatives in Krako?w; German invasion; returning home; one brother fleeing to Warsaw (she never saw him again); ghettoization; her father's death from starvation; deportation with her mother and siblings to Auschwitz; separation from her family (she never saw them again); wanting to die; transfer to Bremen; slave labor; a death march and train transport to Bergen-Belsen; lying next to corpses; liberation; assistance from the Red Cross; depression resulting from the realization her family had not survived and she had no one for whom to live; being moved to Sweden; recuperating and making friends; an aunt from England contacting her; emigrating to join her; marriage; and the births of her children and grandchildren. Ms. N. discusses the terrible impact of starvation; vivid painful memories of her childhood and family; and difficulty discussing 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. This testimony cannot be used without prior notification to the testimony donor.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • N., Ida, -- 1924-

Corporate Bodies

  • Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Subjects

  • Forced labor.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Łódź.
  • Death marches.
  • Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
  • Postwar effects.
  • Child survivors.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Women.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Jewish ghettos.

Places

  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Sweden.
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Bremen (Germany : Concentration camp)
  • Łódź ghetto.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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