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Dorothy H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2615) interviewed by Julee Sanders and Steven Greenstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2615

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Dorothy H., who was born in Włoszczowa (Poland) in 1925, and raised in Częstochowa. She recounts ghettoization; slave labor at HASAG-Pelzery with her father and brothers (her mother was killed); transfer to Ravensbrück, then Leipzig; a German who provided extra food; liberation; returning to Częstochowa; reunion with her father and brothers; marriage; moving to Germany; her son's birth in Landsberg; and emigration to the United States. Ms. H. notes she did not share her story with her son because she did not want to bring back painful memories.
Author/Creator: H., Dorothy, 1925-
Published: Kansas City, Kansas : Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, 1994
Interview Date: June 21, 1994.
Locale: Poland
Częstochowa
Włoszczowa (Poland)
Częstochowa (Poland)
Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
Cite As: Dorothy H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2615). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Sanders, Julee, interviewer.
Greenstein, Steven, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 14 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Survivor-child relations.
Postwar experiences.
Aid by non-Jews.
Child survivors.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Brothers and sisters. Fathers and daughters. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Częstochowa. Poland. Włoszczowa (Poland) Częstochowa (Poland) Landsberg am Lech (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) H., Dorothy,--1925- Częstochowa (Concentration camp) Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft. Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296912
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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