Anne Eisenberg - May 11, 1982
Talking About Experiences
Do you talk about your experiences?
All the time.
With whom?
Anybody that wants to listen.
Did co-workers, neighbors, new friends talk to you about the war?
Well, which co-workers?
Now.
It's, um...
Or when you came over.
Yes. People want to know.
How do they respond?
They don't believe it. I wouldn't believe it either if it wouldn't have happened.
Do you suffer any physical illness as a result of you, of the experience during the Holocaust?
Yes.
Can you describe it?
Nerves. They all work. I could function beautiful under normal, but any little stress I fall apart. I, I cannot face pressure. Like I say, I'm fine if, under normal cir... But the minute something--I, I just fall apart. I get into hysterics or just crying spells or whatnot.
Does the past ever interfere with your life today?
I could--I would say so. Because of, I get--I, I relive my past in dreams all the time. And when I--and, and whenever it does happen to me, then I'm just, just uh, unable to function during the day.
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