Felicia Carmelly is a Romanian Holocaust survivor currently residing in Toronto. Born in 1932 amidst European anti-Semitism, Felicia faced persecution at the hands of the Green Shirts in Romania. Felicia and her family were taken from their hometown to Transnistria, an area under Romanian governance where Romanian Jews were forced into mass ghettos. Here, she and her family suffered with little food and resources for survival. Through the help of child partisans, Felicia survived Transnistria and was liberated by the Soviet Army. Following the war, Felicia and her family travelled to Vienna and Israel before finally arriving in Canada in 1962.
Felicia was interviewed for this project in September 2015 by Crestwood students Sabrina Wasserman, Tina Wang, Daven Siu, Robert McHale and Spencer Arshinoff.
Videos
- 1. Felicia Carmelly - Early Life.mp4
- 2. Early Life, Pt. 2; Anti-Semitism.mp4
- 3. Persecution against the Jews of Romania.mp4
- 4. The Beginning of the War.mp4
- 5. Leaving Romania; The Partisans.mp4
- 6. Partisans, Part 2.mp4
- 7. The Massacre at Odessa.mp4
- 8. The Deportation; The Cattle Cars.mp4
- 9. Arriving in Transnistria.mp4
- 10. The Trains, Part 2; A Brief History of Transnistria.mp4
- 11. Death Marches.mp4
- 12. The Men - The Selection.mp4
- 13. Life in Transnistria.mp4
- 14. Living on Collective Farms.mp4
- 15. Changing Borders and Languages.mp4
- 16. Life on a Collective Farm, Part 2.mp4
- 17. Keeping Religion throught the War.mp4
- 18. Images, Part 1.mp4
- 19. Images, Part 2-3.mp4
- 20. Crowded Conditions.mp4
- 21. After Liberation.mp4
- 22. Communism.mp4
- 23. Postwar Career.mp4
- 24. Out of Romania.mp4
- 25. Trauma and Recovery.mp4
