Miriam E. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Miriam E., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929. She recalls a good life until Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish laws; moving to Khust; deportation to Auschwitz in 1934; separation from her father and brother (she remained with her mother throughout); transfer to Bremen; slave labor; thinking only about food; her mother sharing her food with her; transport in a train that was bombed; emerging to find no guards; an extended hospitalization; living in Neustadt, then Heidenheim displaced persons camps; marriage; her mother's return to their hometown, seeking her father and brothers; traveling to Paris to join relatives; reunion with one brother; and emigration with her husband to Israel, then to Canada a year later. Ms. E. notes her mother and brother emigrated to Israel, and seldom discussing her experience, even with her children, though her husband discussed his experiences with them.

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