Description
Object description
Polish Jewish civilian in Krakow, Poland, 1940-1948 and in Milan, Italy, 1948-1949; Israeli civilian in Israel, 1949-1966
Content description
REEL 1 Background in Krakow, Poland, 1940-1948: moves around Krakow including into hiding; description of hideout; payment; background of parents including attitude of mother to ghetto; arrest and deportation of father; meeting of mother with Oskar Schindler; talking with aunt about experience of Auschwitz; story of father's death at Auschwitz; reasons for not returning to Poland; smells and sounds of childhood including reactions to Schindler's List; visits to countryside including method of making Dodd look less Jewish; name changes and education; maturity from necessity; story of rat in hideout; sleeping arrangements; acceptance of situation; mother's work before war; false papers held by mother; details of under bed hiding place; collapse of hideout; problems with chair and walking after liberation; leisure activities; health; enjoyment of confined spaces; return of civilians to Krakow and listening to conversations of adults; story of watching play A Father Comes Back and subsequent concerns of her father returning; problems settling into normal life; leisure activities and discipline; marriage of mother; relationship with step-father.
REEL 2 Continues: gaining of compensation from West German Government, late 1950s; details and use of money received; background of step-father; question of identity including anti-Semitism experienced at school. Aspects of period as civilian in Milan, 1948-1949: journey to Milan including work of father and accommodation; memories of pet dog, Adolf; story of mother following war including own relationship with her; loss of family money. Aspects of period as civilian in Israel, 1949-1962: period in tent community; lessons learned; memories of life in camp; voyage to Israel; registration on arrival including change of name; languages learned; rations; work of mother and searches for home; accommodation in Jaffa; settling into life in Israel; further details of lessons learned in camp; story of step- father's affair; loss of innocence; education. REEL 3 Continues: learning of Hebrew; family home; money; work of step-father; friendship with Palestinian children and story of hashish into school; move to Tel Aviv; education; learning to swim and relationship with mother including memories of Daniella Avrahami and her family; worsening of relationship with mother when 17 including secrets kept; period in Israeli Defence Forces; differences with parents; discussion of State of Israel; opinion of life in kibbutz; reasons for leaving kibbutz; problems settling in Jerusalem; for moving to GB; opinion of London; actions on arrival; period as student; marriage; period living in Israel, Robin Dodd, including relationship with parents. REEL 4 Continues: talking about experiences; outlook on life; story of meeting a Pole at a party; relationship with parents and other family members.
