Marianna B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-399) [videorecording] / interviewed by Ora Band and Ian Russ, April 30, 1983.

Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Holocaust Documentation Archives, 1983.

1 videorecording (56 min.) : col.

English

Associated material: Birnbaum, Marianna. Interview 15179. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.

Videotape testimony of Marianna B., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1934. She recounts her family's Hungarian and Czech background; disbelief that events in Poland could occur in Hungary; German invasion in March 1944; anti-Jewish restrictions; her trauma when a Hungarian soldier shot their dog; her parents' deportations; wandering the streets and stealing food; reunion with her parents after their escape; hiding with them in her uncle's cellar; assistance from a non-Jewish family friend; liberation by Soviet troops; and emigrating to the United States in 1957. Mrs. B. notes her hostile feelings toward Hungarians and that the war experiences have shaped her life.

June 01, 2002

Marianna B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-399). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Marianna B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-399). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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