Norbert M. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0536
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Norbert M., who was born in Czernowitz, Romania in 1922. He recalls his family's socialist leanings; Soviet occupation; ghettoization in October 1941; deportations; arranging to flee with his entire family to Mogilev; forced labor for the Romanian army; ghettoization; improved conditions while working for the retreating German army; liberation by Soviet troops in 1944; being drafted with his brother into the Soviet army; deserting in Warsaw; returning to Romania; attending medical school; marriage; joining his family in Israel; and emigration to the United States.

Extent and Medium

3 videocassettes (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.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • M., Norbert, -- 1922-

Subjects

  • Postwar experiences.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Jews -- Ukraine -- Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- Ukraine -- Chernivt︠s︡i.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Forced labor.
  • Brothers.
  • Draft -- Soviet Union.

Places

  • Romania.
  • Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
  • Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkȳi (Ukraine)
  • Czernowitz (Austria)
  • Cernăuți (Romania)
  • Czernowitz ghetto.
  • Mogilev-Podolskiy ghetto.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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