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Dans cet extrait, Éliane Picard évoque la difficulté qu’elle a éprouvée, pendant longtemps, à raconter son expérience. Elle parle aussi du sentiment de haine qui l’a aidé à tenir durant sa déportation.Éliane Picard, née Lévy, voit le jour le 19 octobre 1924 à Ensisheim (Haut-Rhin), dans une famille juive alsacienne. Elle a trois sœurs et deux frères. Son père est médecin ; sa mère n’exerce pas de profession. Juifs libéraux, les Lévy ne pratiquent pas véritablement la religion.
clip, female, jewish survivor, france, CNRD / Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Dans cet extrait, Chana Rosenberg relate sa libération et sa rencontre avec les soldats russes.
clip, female, jewish survivor, france, CNRD / Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Dans cet extrait, Jean-Louis Steinberg raconte la difficulté de parler de son expérience de déportés dans la France d’après-guerre.
clip, male, jewish survivor, france, CNRD / Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Dans cet extrait, Roger Trugnan raconte l’arrivée des forces américaines dans le camp où il était interné et son rapatriement en France. Il retrouve sa tante, qui lui apprend la disparition des siens.
clip, male, jewish survivor, france, CNRD / Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Dans cet extrait, Simone Veil parle de l’épuisement psychique et physique des déportés au moment de leur libération. Elle explique comment elle en prit conscience véritablement à travers les yeux des libérateurs anglais du camp de Bergen-Belsen.
clip, female, jewish survivor, france, CNRD / Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Dans cet extrait, Robert Wajcman raconte son rapatriement en France et sa prise en charge à l’hôpital Bichat, alors qu’il se trouve dans un état désespéré.Robert Wajcman est né le 8 mai 1930 à Paris, dans le XIIème arrondissement. Robert et son frère Jacques, né en 1934, grandissent dans un environnement modeste. Leur père, Moishe/Maurice, d’origine polonaise, est brocanteur et leur mère, Jeannette, tient un magasin d’antiquité.
clip, male, jewish survivor, france, CNRD / Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Dans cet extrait, Georges Weinberger raconte comment, après son retour à Paris, il a malencontreusement voulu rassurer une famille sur le retour prochain d’un de ses membres.
clip, male, jewish survivor, france, CNRD / Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Iby Amaratji speaks about being randomly selected for the forced labor in the kitchen, which she feels ended up saving her life. This is the 17th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, jewish survivor, Iby Amaratji, forced labor, Auschwitz70 / Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Livia Bitton-Jackson remembers arriving to Auschwitz as a young girl with her mother and an aunt. Before they entered the camp Livia was stopped by infamous SS physician Josef Mengele.This is the 18th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, Livia Bitton-Jackson, jewish survivor, auschwitz, Josef Mengele, Auschwitz70 / Thursday, December 4, 2014
Edith Sheldon speaks about the musical performances and the cultural forms of resistance in the Theresienstadt ghetto. This testimony clip is featured in the IWitness activity Personal Strength to Survive.
clip, female, jewish survivor, edith sheldon, terezin, iwitness / Thursday, December 4, 2014
After the end of WWII, the Jews in Bohemia were taken care of by the Social Welfare Department of the Council of Jewish Communities. Most of these services were financed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, also known as the JDC or simply the “Joint”. The work of this American voluntary agency became the main target of attacks once the Communists seized all power in Czechoslovakia in 1948. In 1950 the JDC was expelled, but the need for social work remained.
clip, male, jewish survivor, Edgar Semmel, blog / Thursday, December 4, 2014
Elsa Breuer describes the discipline she had to adopt in order not to starve to death while interned in Auschwitz. Including saving food in the morning so she had something to nibble on throughout the day. This is the 19th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, jewish survivor, Elsa Breuer, camp hunger, Auschwitz70 / Friday, December 5, 2014
Lilly Cash remembers when she was caught stealing food in Auschwitz and how her sister, Esther, saved her life. This is the 20th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, jewish survivor, action, Lilly Cash, Auschwitz70 / Friday, December 5, 2014
Herman Gottesman describes the forced labor, living conditions and lack of food in Auschwitz-III. Auschwitz III-Monowitz, also called Buna, was located near the Polish town of Monowice and was the last of three Auschwitz camps established in the vicinity of Oswiecim. This is the 21st testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, male, jewish survivor, monowitz, Herman Gottesman, Auschwitz70 / Friday, December 5, 2014
Louis Micheels describes working as a nurse and treating for tuberculosis patients in Auschwitz. Micheels remembers how brutality of SS doctors including selecting patients at random to be sent to the gas chambers. This is the 22nd testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, male, jewish survivor, nurse, Louis Micheels, camp hospital, Auschwitz70 / Monday, December 8, 2014
Adora Okun describes being fed once every 24 hours while having to complete grueling hard labor while interned in Auschwitz. This is the 23rd testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, political prisoner, Adora Okun, hunger, Auschwitz70 / Tuesday, December 9, 2014
November 11, 2014: How can analyses of Holocaust witnessing be approached in spatial terms? Simone Gigliotti's lecture drew primarily on the USC Shoah Foundation testimony of two Holocaust-era witnesses with postwar profiles of testimony giving—a slave laborer in a death brigade, and a ghetto internee who survived on false papers. Gigliotti uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to render the witness testimony in spatial terms.
presentation / Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Dario Gabbai recalls his experiences as a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
clip, male, jewish survivor, Dario Gabbai, sonderkommand, auschwitz, Auschwitz70 / Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Itka Zygmuntowicz reflects on the camp orchestra within Auschwitz that was forced to play music while inmates were sent to the crematoria. This is the 25th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, auschwitz, female, jewish survivor, 70th Anniversary, Itka Zygmuntowicz, Auschwitz70 / Thursday, December 11, 2014
Political prisoner Teofil Modeslski describes when he witnesses an execution at the ‘death wall,’ which was wall between Blocks 10 and 11 in the main Auschwitz-I where prisoners were executed by firing squad. This is the 26th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, male, policital prisoner, Teofil Modeslski, auschwitz, Auschwitz70 / Friday, December 12, 2014
Josef Baumgarten describes the medical experimentation performed on him as well as 14 other Jewish boys in Auschwitz. He not only describes the horrifying surgery but also the psychological impact. This is the 27th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, male, jewish survivor, medical experiment, Josef Baumgarten, Auschwitz70 / Friday, December 12, 2014
Clare Winter recalls how she was separated from her mother and brother, who were sent immediately to the gas chambers upon arrival to Auschwitz. She also describes the dehumanization procedures including having to undress in front of other prisoners and SS guards. This is the 28th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, jewish surivor, clare winter, speration, arrival, Auschwitz70 / Friday, December 12, 2014
Tema Cukier describes the barracks, forced labor and hunger she experience in Auschwitz. Tema also remembers becoming close friends with a young girl who demonstrated a small act of kindness. This is the 29th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, jewish survivor, tema cukier, auschwitz, hunger, Auschwitz70 / Monday, December 15, 2014
Menachem Rubin remembers when a fellow prisoner lit one candle in recognition of the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Even though it was just one second, the moment was significant for Menachem in restoring hope. This is the 30th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, male, jewish survivor, hanukkah, Menachem Rubin, Auschwitz70 / Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Jewish survivor, Anna Zaryn describes being forced to clean up the remnants of Zigeunerlager (Sinti- Roma camp) in Auschwitz-Birkenau after it was liquidated on August 2, 1944. Anna’s testimony is featured in the multimedia resource Giving Memory a Future. This is the 31st testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, jewish survivor, auschwitz, sinti roma camp, liquidaiton, Anna Zayrn, Auschwitz70 / Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Noémi Ban remembers the very first time she saw members of the SS, right before she and her family were deported to Auschwitz. She recalls the terrifying journey in the cattle cars from Hungary to Poland and also her first impressions of the concentration and extermination camp. This clip reel of Noémi’s testimony is featured in the IWitness activity My Story Matters.
clip, female, jewish survivor, noemi ban, auschwitz, déportation, human rights, Auschwitz70 / Thursday, December 18, 2014
Mihaly Templer describes observing Jewish High Holy days as a form of resistance within Auschwitz. This is the 33rd testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, male, Mihaly Templer, hanukkah, résistance, Auschwitz70 / Friday, December 19, 2014
Frieda Aaron describes the trauma of being sick with Typhus in the camp and shares details of her experience in the camp hospital. This is the 34th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, frieda aaron, sickness, auschwitz, Auschwitz70 / Friday, December 19, 2014
Lola Berliner remembers when she and her fellow female inmates fell extremely ill to typhus and how her cousin hid Lola during work hours, evading selection to the gas chambers. This act from her cousin saved Lola’s life. This is the 35th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, camp diesease, Lola Berliner, Auschwitz70, auschwitz / Friday, December 19, 2014
Roma Sinti survivor Julia Lentini describes the diseases that spread through Auschwitz including when her mother fell very ill. Overall, she reflects on how witnessing all of these traumatic events have impacted her psychologically and emotionally. This is the 36th testimony clip in the series 70 Days of Testimony: Leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
clip, female, Roma Sinti, Julia Lentini, Auschwitz70 / Monday, December 22, 2014