Celina Rapaport Testimony
Номер объектаM2015/028:005
НазваниеCelina Rapaport Testimony
Описание00:49 Celina talks about her family and childhood. She had just started high school when Hitler invaded Poland. Her parents took everything and moved to a different city. She and her two sisters remained in the home, where they lived from 1939-42.
03:00 Celina talks about how in 1942 she and her sisters travelled to Poland to find their parents. It was the first time they’d seem them in years.
05:02 Celina talks about how the family survived during the War – they exchanged suits from her parents’ previous clothing shop for food.
06:08 Celina talks about running away from home because it was becoming dangerous for Jews. Her mother and father were murdered, and her youngest sister was taken to the gas chambers.
07:22 Celina talks about how they found someone who could make false papers, she and her five other remaining siblings had them made.
08:10 Celina talks about going to Krakow and looking for a job.
10:28 Eventually she ran away because they were requiring her to register. So she bought sugar and sold it for a living. Then one day she ran into the Gestapo, but managed to get away.
12:25 Celina went back to Krakow. Her little sister went to a different city, but unfortunately was taken by the Gestapo to Auschwitz where she died of typhus. Her two brothers were in concentration camps in Krakow. She used to take them soup. One day, they were taken to a concentration camp in Germany and she never saw them again.
15:02 Celina talks about working for a family. But unfortunately she had to leave because the wife suspected that she was a Jew and reported her to the Gestapo. She was homeless, and had to sleep at the railway station.
17:45 Celina talks about finding a job with a Christian family, where she worked for a while. She had to leave, because again a neighbour suspected that she was Jewish.
18:50 She found a job with a different family in Krakow. However, the woman from the previous Christian family she worked for wanted her back. So she went back to her, and stayed there until the war ended.
20:30 During that time, she heard news about her siblings – that they were taken away, etc. Celina talks about how emotionally difficult this time was for her. Later she found out that one of her brothers survived a concentration camp.
23:15 Celina talks about her siblings. She kept in touch with them during the war. Her brother wrote letters to their friends who gave her the letters. After the war she only had one brother left.
25:55 Celina talks about life in Australia. She told her children about the Holocaust. She briefly talks about her children and grandchildren.
27:45 Celina talks about coming to Australia, and living with a friend who was a Jewish girl from Russia.
30:40 Celina talks about getting married in 1946, and then having a little boy. She talks about her husband’s work. She talks about getting papers to come to Australia.
33:25 Celina talks about her journey to Australia. She travelled for four weeks to reach Australia. She talks about finding a flat, and having another child.
36:00 Celina talks about her husband’s work in Australia. They ended up with a delicatessen business, which they worked in for 20 years.
39:15 Celina talks about her husband’s illness. She describes how lonely she was after his death.
42:00 Celina talks about working for the Sydney Jewish Museum.
43:15 Celina gives a message for future generations of Australians. “You don’t know how lucky you are!”
46:18 Photos of Celina’s children and grandchildren.
(By Annabel Lee, curatorial volunteer, November 2016)
03:00 Celina talks about how in 1942 she and her sisters travelled to Poland to find their parents. It was the first time they’d seem them in years.
05:02 Celina talks about how the family survived during the War – they exchanged suits from her parents’ previous clothing shop for food.
06:08 Celina talks about running away from home because it was becoming dangerous for Jews. Her mother and father were murdered, and her youngest sister was taken to the gas chambers.
07:22 Celina talks about how they found someone who could make false papers, she and her five other remaining siblings had them made.
08:10 Celina talks about going to Krakow and looking for a job.
10:28 Eventually she ran away because they were requiring her to register. So she bought sugar and sold it for a living. Then one day she ran into the Gestapo, but managed to get away.
12:25 Celina went back to Krakow. Her little sister went to a different city, but unfortunately was taken by the Gestapo to Auschwitz where she died of typhus. Her two brothers were in concentration camps in Krakow. She used to take them soup. One day, they were taken to a concentration camp in Germany and she never saw them again.
15:02 Celina talks about working for a family. But unfortunately she had to leave because the wife suspected that she was a Jew and reported her to the Gestapo. She was homeless, and had to sleep at the railway station.
17:45 Celina talks about finding a job with a Christian family, where she worked for a while. She had to leave, because again a neighbour suspected that she was Jewish.
18:50 She found a job with a different family in Krakow. However, the woman from the previous Christian family she worked for wanted her back. So she went back to her, and stayed there until the war ended.
20:30 During that time, she heard news about her siblings – that they were taken away, etc. Celina talks about how emotionally difficult this time was for her. Later she found out that one of her brothers survived a concentration camp.
23:15 Celina talks about her siblings. She kept in touch with them during the war. Her brother wrote letters to their friends who gave her the letters. After the war she only had one brother left.
25:55 Celina talks about life in Australia. She told her children about the Holocaust. She briefly talks about her children and grandchildren.
27:45 Celina talks about coming to Australia, and living with a friend who was a Jewish girl from Russia.
30:40 Celina talks about getting married in 1946, and then having a little boy. She talks about her husband’s work. She talks about getting papers to come to Australia.
33:25 Celina talks about her journey to Australia. She travelled for four weeks to reach Australia. She talks about finding a flat, and having another child.
36:00 Celina talks about her husband’s work in Australia. They ended up with a delicatessen business, which they worked in for 20 years.
39:15 Celina talks about her husband’s illness. She describes how lonely she was after his death.
42:00 Celina talks about working for the Sydney Jewish Museum.
43:15 Celina gives a message for future generations of Australians. “You don’t know how lucky you are!”
46:18 Photos of Celina’s children and grandchildren.
(By Annabel Lee, curatorial volunteer, November 2016)
Дата 2000 - 2000
Темаsurvivors
Наименованиеtestimonies
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Celina Rapaport