Miriam J. Holocaust testimony (HVT-727) [videorecording] / interviewed by Peter Ullman and John Tiebout, November 9, 1985.

Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1985.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 38 min.) : col.

English

Associated material: Joseph, Miriam. Interview 49923. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.

Videotape testimony of Miriam J., who was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in approximately 1918. She recounts her mother's death when she was three; her father's remarriage; her sister's death; one brother moving to Russia; marriage; Soviet occupation; her son's birth and hospitalization; her husband's military service (he was killed); German invasion; ghettoization; a beating for attempting to smuggle potatoes; her son's murder; escaping from a round-up; a Jewish policeman hiding her; murder of her father, stepmother, and brother; transfer to Kaunas concentration camp, then to Stutthof; slave labor digging ditches; losing faith in God; a guard giving food to a fellow prisoner; liberation by Soviet troops; hospitalization; traveling with a friend to Łódź; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp; marriage; emigration to the United States; the births of two children; her husband's suicide; remarriage; and her daughter's birth. Ms. J. discusses sharing her experiences with her children and grandchildren; and nightmares resulting from her experiences.

June 01, 2002

Miriam J. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-727). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Miriam J. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-727). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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