Erika F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3050) [videorecording] / interviewed by Ernest Forrai and Robert Krell, November 9, 1983.

Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1983.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 32 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Erika F., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1937. She describes her older sister and extended family; her father's draft into a forced labor battalion; no contact with non-Jewish children; receiving help from a non-Jewish aunt; living in a Swedish safe house; escaping a round-up; hiding with her non-Jewish aunt; observing corpses and destruction in the streets; Soviet liberation; learning of her father's death; her mother's remarriage to an Auschwitz survivor; moving to Baj; her affection for her stepfather; the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; her stepfather's death; emigration to Canada; and marriage to a survivor. Mrs. F. discusses her husband's difficulty sharing his experiences with her and their children; sharing her experiences with their children; and the increasing bitterness of her memories.

June 01, 2002

Erika F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3050). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Erika F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3050). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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