Marie W. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Marie W., who was born in 1914. She recalls growing up in Zaliztsi, Poland (presently Ukraine); strained relations between Poles and Ukrainians; Soviet occupation; marriage in 1940; German invasion; a mass killing of Jewish men, including her sister's boyfriend; hiding during round-ups; becoming pregnant; loss of the baby in her sixth month; going into hiding; learning her sister and parents had been killed; being hidden by a Ukrainian man, then a non-Jewish woman, then the man again; fleeing to the forests when it became too dangerous; building a bunker; living there with her husband, his two brothers, and another boy; the two brothers leaving (they were killed); liberation by Soviets in spring 1944; living in L?viv for about a year; moving to Krako?w; her daughter's birth; and emigration to Canada in 1949. Ms. W. discusses her nightmares, particularly of her sister, and the difficulty of recalling such painful memories for this recording.

2 videocassettes