Language:
English
Pages:
36 pages :
,
typescript.
Keywords:
Binder, Trude S.,
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
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Concentration or internment camps.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust survivors.
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Jewish refugees.
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Women authors.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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United States Emigration and immigration.
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Vienna (Austria)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
The memoir was written by Trude Binder, and edited by her nieces, Carol and Heidi Fellner. The memoir starts with a brief description of her family background, but soon turns to its main theme--providing an account of her flight and persecution during World War 2. Trude left Vienna only as late as January, 1942. She was an experienced hiker and climber and left Austria by way of the Alps towards Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The next stop was in Italy where they spent wartime in the mountains, until they were captured by the Nazis, and on April 4, 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz. She describes in detail the transportation, the living conditions, and the daily terror and murders in the camp. The chapters are entitled Black Market, Kommandos/Kapos, Appel, Food/Hunger, Diarrhea/Latrines, Showers, The Camp Hospital. She was liberated in January 1945 by the Russian army. As a displaced person, she managed her way to go back to Vienna. She describes post-war Vienna, and her struggle to make a living. After she placed an ad in the Aufbau newspaper, she got in touch with her sisters in the US. The memoir ends with her arrival in New York at the end of 1946.
Note:
English
URL:
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