Shirley W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Shirley W., who was born in Poland circa 1924. She tells of the German occupation and describes the massacres of Jews which followed. Her mother, grandmother, and older sister were killed during this time. Mrs. W. explains that by hiding in a bunker, she, her father, and her younger sister were able to avoid deportation from the ghetto to which they were confined. She relates their experiences in hiding, first in the countryside surrounding the ghetto, and later in the forest where they lived with the partisans. Mrs. W. also mentions spending four years after the war in Germany, where she married another survivor, and where her son was born; and her emigration to the United States.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (3/4" u-matic)
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- W., Shirley, -- 1924-
Subjects
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Partisans.
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
Places
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc