Eva M. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3222
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Eva M., a twin, who was born in Paris, France in 1925. She recalls her father's death in 1934; an older sister's death in 1937; hiding in Vire and La Souterraine after German occupation; her mother's illness and death; traveling to Cher with her older sister; a non-Jewish woman hiding them in her country home; moving to Maine-et-Loire when the owner's daughter moved in; betrayal and arrest; becoming friends with a fellow prisoner; their transfer to Drancy (her aunt and cousin helped her there), then Birkenau; grouping themselves with other French women; always helping each other; slave labor; her friend's death; becoming close with another woman; hospitalization for typhus; being saved by a Hungarian prisoner doctor; her friend giving her extra bread she had stolen; occasional assignments to Canada Kommando; observing lines of people waiting to be killed; the death march in January 1945; train transport to Dora, then Ravensbru?ck; escaping a death march with assistance from a guard; being fed by nearby French prisoners; returning to Paris; recuperating with her friend in Divonne-les-Bains; her friend's marriage to her twin brother; hers to a POW; and always remaining close.

Extent and Medium

3 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

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