Herta V. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3674
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Herta V., who was born in 1930. She recalls attending Jewish boarding school in Trnava; antisemitic violence by Slovak guardsmen; returning home; arrest with her brother and parents; their incarcerations in Sered; being released due to her father's connections; their move to Bratislava to live as non-Jews under false names; denunciation and arrest; incarceration in Sered;̕ organized theater and music groups; deportation to Birkenau; refusing to accompany her younger cousin through the selection; separation from her father, aunt, and cousins (she never saw them again); remaining with her mother; tortuous appells, crowding, and arduous slave labor; hiding with her mother in the latrines to avoid work; separation from her mother (she never saw her again); transfer to Vrchlabi; slave labor making parts for V1 and V2 rockets; sadistic guards; liberation by Czech partisans; returning to Bratislava; and reunion with her brother. Mrs. V. discusses a recent visit to Birkenau.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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

  • V., Herta, -- 1930-

Corporate Bodies

  • Sered (Concentration camp)
  • Birkenau (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Women.
  • Video tapes.
  • False papers.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Mothers and daughters.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Child survivors.
  • Hiding.
  • Forced labor.
  • Concentration camps -- Songs and music.

Places

  • Trnava (Slovakia)
  • Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • Vrchlabi (Czech Republic : Concentration camp)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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