Lilly W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1283) [videorecording] / interviewed by Lilian Sicular and Sergio Rothstein, November 12, 1989.

New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989.

1 videorecording (54 min.) : col.

English

Associated material: Weiser, Lilly. Interview 18310. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.

Videotape testimony of Lilly W., who was born in Mukacheve, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1922. She recalls a happy childhood as one of seven children; Hungarian occupation; prohibition of Jewish business licenses, including her father's; ghettoization; transfer to a brick factory for a few weeks; deportation to Auschwitz in April 1944; selection with her two sisters (she never saw her parents again); seeing two brothers for one last time; a brief stay in the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager); helping her younger sister eat; their transfer to Torgau in the fall; slave labor in an ammunition factory; liberation by Soviet troops; joining United States troops to avoid rape by Soviets; a few days in a nearby town; moving to Leipzig; a brief visit home via Prague and Budapest; meeting her husband in Budapest; living in Nuremberg for four years; and emigrating to the United States. Mrs. W. notes the importance of sharing her memories with her children. She shows photographs and documents.

June 01, 2002

Lilly W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1283). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Lilly W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1283). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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