Zlata G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1492
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Zlata G., who was born in Kostopol, Poland in 1921. She recalls the German invasion in September 1939; Soviet occupation; German invasion in 1941; fleeing with her brother upon the advice of retreating Soviet soldiers; finding her sister at the Soviet border; traveling to Voronezh where they had a cousin; two months later traveling east by freight train to escape the advancing German army; her sister and brother-in-law leaving the train in Kzyl-Orda due to their son's illness; living with her brother in Samarqand; extreme deprivation; a typhus epidemic; her brother-in-law finding them so they could provide additional food for his child; returning to Kzyl-Orda with help from a Polish friend; avoiding round-ups for forced labor; her brother's arrest; and his release by a Jewish officer. Mrs. G. tells of fleeing to Germany; marriage in a displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States in 1948. She details many hardships and arduous conditions during the war.

Extent and Medium

2 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

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