Erika F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Erika F., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1937. She describes her older sister and extended family; her father's draft into a forced labor battalion; no contact with non-Jewish children; receiving help from a non-Jewish aunt; living in a Swedish safe house; escaping a round-up; hiding with her non-Jewish aunt; observing corpses and destruction in the streets; Soviet liberation; learning of her father's death; her mother's remarriage to an Auschwitz survivor; moving to Baj; her affection for her stepfather; the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; her stepfather's death; emigration to Canada; and marriage to a survivor. Mrs. F. discusses her husband's difficulty sharing his experiences with her and their children; sharing her experiences with their children; and the increasing bitterness of her memories.
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
- F., Erika, -- 1937-
Subjects
- Antisemitism -- Postwar.
- Postwar effects.
- Hiding.
- Safe houses.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Child survivors.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Sisters.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Canada.
- Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Personal narratives.
- Baj (Hungary)
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Hungary.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat