Else D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Else D., who was born in Bielsko-Bia?a, Poland. She describes moving to Krako?w at age twenty-five; German invasion; ghettoization; round-ups in the ghetto; transfer to P?aszo?w (her husband perished there); random killings and public executions; being placed on Oskar Schindler's list due to her cousin's influence; transfer to Auschwitz/Birkenau, then to Bru?nnlitz, with the other women on Schindler's list; knitting socks to trade for extra food; liberation by Soviet troops; staying briefly in Prague; returning to Bielsko-Bia?a; difficulties reclaiming family property; emigrating to Canada in 1948; marriage; and sharing her experiences with her children. She notes the importance to her survival of remaining with her cousin.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- D., Else.
- Schindler, Oskar, -- 1908-1974.
Corporate Bodies
- Brünnlitz (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jews -- Poland -- Kraków.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Mutual aid.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Forced labor.
- Husband -- Death.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
Places
- Kraków ghetto.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Poland.
- Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat