testomony 2

Cameron Cruise Mr. Neuburger Eng. Comp. 101 14 March 2013 Summary “Survivor Testimonial 2” This is a summary of a testimonial from Malka Baran and it was filmed on January 6, 1997 in Pittsburgh, PA. Malaka was born on January 30, 1927 in Warsaw, Poland. She remembers playing childhood games, like asking a stranger what time it was. She loves kids and used to be a nursery teacher. She recalls, “ I remember seeing babies being thrown against the walls.”She knows specifically that in 1939 that things had changed because, “our regular life stopped.” She also remembers that in 1941 that the Ghettos were established and that they got coupons for food if they worked. She has “blacked out” some of her memories to cope with the extreme encounters she had witnessed. She remembers that in the concentration camp that they would sometimes wash themselves with snow. She notes, “ I was passive just doing what I was supposed to do.” She lived in a concentration camp until 1943 when she was liberated. She was lucky enough to never get a number on her hand throughout the entire experience