Norbert S. and Edward S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0840
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Norbert S., who was born in Lwo?w, Poland, in 1922, and is accompanied by his friend Edward S. They describe meeting in mid-1942, when Norbert helped Edward get a job and lodging in the L?vov ghetto; forging work permits; round-ups and selections at Janowska; and a Soviet bombing raid on L?vov. Edward recounts escape from the ghetto dressed as a German soldier; jumping from a train because he feared recognition; and the liberation of Buchenwald in 1945. Norbert recalls his escape; finding refuge with a young Ukrainian woman; and his honor and joy in returning to L?vov as a Soviet liberator. They discuss their attitudes toward the German, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian people; their chance reunion in America in 1952; and their subsequent reliance on each other for psychological and emotional support.

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: Edward S. and Frank S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-642), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

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

People

  • S., Edward, -- 1920-2013.
  • S., Norbert, -- 1922-

Corporate Bodies

  • Janowska (Concentration camp)
  • Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Postwar effects.
  • Mutual aid.
  • False papers.
  • Resistance.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Hiding.
  • Jews -- Poland -- Lwów.
  • Jews -- Ukraine -- Lʹvov.
  • Concentration camp inmates -- Escapes.
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • Friendship.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.

Places

  • Lʹvov ghetto.
  • Lʹvov (Ukraine)
  • Lwów (Poland)
  • Lʹviv (Ukraine)
  • Poland.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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