Rose N. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Rose N., who was born in a small town near Przemys?lany, Poland (today Peremyshli?a?ny, Ukraine), in 1922. Mrs. N. tells of the Soviet occupation in 1939; the German invasion; her father's decision to hide in the woods; going with her mother and sister to a relative's home in Przemys?lany; arduous living conditions; briefly returning home with her family in 1942; being forced to return to Przemys?lany when a ghetto was established; and escaping to the woods in December 1942 with her parents and sister. She recalls being left with her sister in the care of a local sheriff; two other Jewish girls who were saved by the sheriff's wife; having to leave when the sheriff's activities aroused local suspicion; living in the forest for twenty-seven months with her parents and other escapees; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Przemys?lany; moving to Bielsko-Bia?a, Poland where she married; emigrating to Paris with her family in 1947; the birth of her first son in 1948; and arrival in the United States in 1953.
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.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- N., Rose, -- 1922-
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Family.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Ukraine -- Peremyshli︠a︡ny.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Soviet occupation.
- Hiding.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Forests.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Paris (France)
- Przemyślany (Poland)
- Peremyshli︠a︡ny (Ukraine)
- Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
- Peremyshli︠a︡ny ghetto.
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc