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She tells of the pervasive stench of burning flesh; the close bonds among the four surviving sisters; their selection for death; a last minute change resulting in their transport to Birnbäumel in November 1944; digging tank traps in the forest; escaping with two of her sisters during a death march through Jagdschütz (today Jachcice) in January 1945; and liberation by Soviet troops. She relates their journey to Odessa; arrival in New York in May 1945; reunion with her brother; and learning of the torture and death of her other sister at Bergen-Belsen. (Abstract)","This testimony is open with permission. (Conditions Governing Access)","Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive. (Conditions Governing Use)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["1989-05-18 (creation)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies (Producer)","L., Isabella, 1924?- (Interviewee)","L, Isabella (2062) (Interviewee)","Langer, Lawrence L., 1929- (Interviewer)","Cohen, Frances Proctor (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Format"]},"value":{"en":["2 Videocassettes (3/4\" U-Matic)","2:01:24 duration_HH_MM_SS_mmm"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["L., Isabella, 1924?- (Person or Corporate Body)","Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979 (Person or Corporate Body)","Birnbäumel (Concentration camp) (Person or Corporate Body)","Auschwitz (Concentration camp) (Person or Corporate Body)","Holocaust survivors (topical)","Video tapes (topical)","Women (topical)","Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives (topical)","World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish (topical)","Brothers and sisters (topical)","Jewish ghettos (topical)","Jews -- Hungary -- Kisvárda (topical)","Sisters (topical)","Forced labor (topical)","Hungary (geographic)","Kisvárda (Hungary) (geographic)","Oral histories (document genres) (genre_form)","Antisemitism -- Pre-war (topical)","Death marches (topical)","Mutual aid (topical)","Jachcice (Poland) (geographic)","Kisvárda ghetto (geographic)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Coverage"]},"value":{"en":["New Haven, Conn. : (Place of Recording)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (Primary)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Relation"]},"value":{"en":["Related material: Philip K. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-1300 and HVT-1319), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.  Leitner, Isabella. Interview 1918. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.  Katz, Philip [brother]. Interview 19550. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu. (Associated Material)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Identifier"]},"value":{"en":["mssa.hvt.1270 (EAD ID)","982256 (Orbis bib)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["Videotape testimony of Isabella L., who was born in Kisvárda, Hungary, in 1924. Mrs. L. vividly recalls ubiquitous antisemitism during her childhood; her father's attempts to secure visas for them while in the United States organizing an exhibition for the 1939 World's Fair; their difficult situation during the early years of the war; German occupation; ghettoization of Kisvárda; deportation in cattle cars with her family to Auschwitz in May 1944; selection by Mengele; the killing of her mother and youngest sister; and receiving messages from her brother scrawled on scraps of wood. She tells of the pervasive stench of burning flesh; the close bonds among the four surviving sisters; their selection for death; a last minute change resulting in their transport to Birnbäumel in November 1944; digging tank traps in the forest; escaping with two of her sisters during a death march through Jagdschütz (today Jachcice) in January 1945; and liberation by Soviet troops. She relates their journey to Odessa; arrival in New York in May 1945; reunion with her brother; and learning of the torture and death of her other sister at Bergen-Belsen.","This testimony is open with permission.","Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. 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