Doris U. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Doris U., who was born in Tomaszo?w Lubelski, Poland in 1920. She recalls the warmth of family observances of Sabbath and holidays; her mother's death in 1933; her father's remarriage; cordial relations with non-Jews; German invasion; her father's humiliation when forced to cut his beard; hiding; discovery; the Germans fleeing; Soviet occupation; fleeing to Rava-Ru?ska; deportation to a forced labor camp in Siberia; her grandfather's death due to hunger; attempts at maintaining religious observance; moving to Bii?sk; marriage; her son's birth; assistance from Russian neighbors; experiencing some resentment by locals; returning to ?o?dz?, Poland after the war; antisemitic incidents; traveling to Germany with help from Berih?ah; living at the Funk Kaserne displaced persons camp; emigrating to the United States in 1950; her daughter's birth; and her husband's murder. Mrs. U. discusses sharing her experiences with her children and shows photographs and documents.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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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
- U., Doris, -- 1920-
Corporate Bodies
- Beriḥah (Organization)
Subjects
- Antisemitism -- Postwar.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Family.
- Women.
- Husband and wife.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Soviet occupation.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Refugee camps.
- Hiding.
- Forced labor.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Refugees, Jewish.
Places
- Siberia (Russia)
- Biĭsk (Russia)
- Rawa Ruska (Poland)
- Funk Kaserne (Munich, Germany : Refugee camp)
- Poland.
- Tomaszów Lubelski (Poland)
- Łódź (Poland)
- Rava-Rusʹka (Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat