Shoshana S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1076
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Shoshana S., who was born in Wolin, Poland. She recalls her family's Zionist commitment; their move to Stryi? in 1935; Soviet occupation; suppression of Zionist groups; German invasion in June 1941; a mass killing; ghettoization; her mother's deportation in 1942; forced labor; being hidden during round-ups because she was under fifteen; their imprisonment in 1943; receiving money and her uncle's address in Palestine from her father, the last time she had contact with him; planning an escape with her sister; escaping from a truck; traveling to Morshin; living with their former maid who disguised her as a non-Jew; fearing disclosure, moving to Budapest with German troops in 1944, then to Stupava; Soviet liberation; proving she was a Jew in Bratislava; living with an orthodox family which wanted to adopt her; moving to a Zionist camp in Bavaria; meeting an uncle from Palestine in Munich; illegal emigration to Palestine through France; British deportation from Haifa to Gibraltar, France, and a camp in Hamburg; and legal emigration to Palestine in 1947 with documents provided by her uncle. Mrs. S. discusses the strong spirit of the refugees during their illegal emigration attempts and beginning a new life in Israel.

Extent and Medium

4 videocassettes

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

  • S., Shoshana.

Subjects

  • Mutual aid.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Women.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Zionist organizations.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Mass killings.
  • Zionist activities.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Hiding.
  • Child survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Ukrainian.
  • Jews -- Ukraine -- Stryī.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Sisters.
  • Fathers and daughters.
  • Forced labor.
  • Escapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.

Places

  • Stupava (Slovakia)
  • Palestine -- Emigration and immigration.
  • Hamburg (Germany)
  • Stryī ghetto.
  • Munich (Germany)
  • France.
  • Gibraltar.
  • Morshin (Ukraine)
  • Wolin (Poland)
  • Stryī (Ukraine)
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • Poland.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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