Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

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Zyta Eliahu - February 3, 2008

Zyta Eliahu was born in Nadwórna, Poland. Soon after the Germans took over the Sudetenland, Zyta and her parents moved to Podmokly, Czechoslovakia and later to Prague. While in Prague her parents registered Zyta with Nicholas Winton to have her transported to England before the war broke out. She was fostered with a family in Loose, Kent before reuniting with her parents in Israel in 1948.

1. Introduction
2. Life in Czechoslovakia
3. Family
4. Religious life
5. Life Before the War
6. German Invasion
7. Leaving for England
8. Meeting Foster Family
9. Life with Foster Family
10. Parent's Experience
11. Jews Interned in Mauritius
12. Life with Foster Family II
13. Hearing of Nicholas Winton
14. Hearing of Nicholas Winton II
15. Winton's Kinder
16. Winton and Barazetti
17. Reuniting with Parents
18. Reuniting with Parents II
19. Meeting Baby Brother
20. Leaving Foster Family
21. Being a Holocaust Refugee
22. Life in Israel
23. Sharing Story
24. Keeping in Touch with Foster Family
25. Importance of Teaching about the Holocaust
26. Kindertransport Reunions
27. Learning a Lesson from Winton
28. Conclusion