Rachel F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1195
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Rachel F., who was born in Zawalo?w, Poland in 1916. She recalls her childhood in an orthodox family of five children; attending public and Jewish schools; participating in a Zionist organization; marriage in 1938; her daughter's birth in 1940; German occupation in 1941; ghettoization with her parents and daughter in Podhajce; hiding with her sister and brother-in-law during "aktions"; her parents' and daughter's killings; escaping with her sister and brother-in-law; hiding with her brothers, sister, and other Jews in bunkers in the woods; assistance from Jehovah's Witnesses, especially one friend of her brother-in-law; liberation by Soviet troops; killing by local Ukrainians of a Jew who came out of hiding; remarriage in January 1945; traveling via Czechoslovakia to Austria; assistance from UNRRA and Berih?ah; living in the Badgastein displaced persons camp; her daughter's birth in 1948; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mrs. F. discusses sharing her experiences with her children.

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: Oscar F. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-1197), 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

  • F., Rachel, -- 1916-

Corporate Bodies

  • Beriḥah (Organization)
  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

Subjects

  • Postwar experiences.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Children -- Death.
  • Husband -- Death.
  • Zionist organizations.
  • Forests.
  • Antisemitism -- Postwar.
  • Bunkers.
  • Hiding.
  • Women.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Brothers and sisters.
  • Jehovah's Witnesses.
  • Sisters.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- Ukraine -- Pidhaīt︠s︡i.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.

Places

  • Zawalów (Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Badgastein (Austria : Refugee camp)
  • Podhajce ghetto.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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