Yitzhak V. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1845
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Yitzhak A., who was born in Sulejo?w, Poland in 1917; his Hasidic home; antisemitism in public school; working in ?o?dz?; involvement in communism; German invasion; traveling to Warsaw with his brother to defend Poland; capture by SS when returning to ?o?dz?; assistance from a fellow-communist; escaping with his brother; marriage in November; traveling with his wife toward Soviet territory; wandering for months in Hrodna; Presovtse; and Stolin; settling in Presovtse; working for the Red Army; German invasion in June 1941; meeting with a small group planning to find arms and escape to the woods; observing the shooting of a Jewish boy in Kovel?; a non-Jew who warned them of round-ups; escaping to the woods to fight the Germans; raiding villages; joining other partisans; many operations against and escapes from Germans and antisemitic partisans; joining up with Soviet forces in Rivne; persuading and organizing Jews to leave for Palestine; traveling to Kiev;, then Lublin; organizing with Abba Kovner and other former partisans; and traveling to Bucharest, then Italy. Mr. A. discusses the beauty of his town and childhood; details of partisan life; and wanting revenge after the war.

Extent and Medium

6 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

  • V., Yitzhak, -- 1917-
  • Kovner, Abba, -- 1918-

Subjects

  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Partisans.
  • Hiding.
  • Forests.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Antisemitism -- Postwar.
  • Revenge.
  • Brothers.
  • Husband and wife.
  • Zionists.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Ukraine.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Ukraine.
  • Escapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.

Places

  • Italy.
  • Palestine -- Emigration and immigration.
  • Lublin (Poland)
  • Bucharest (Romania)
  • Rivne (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
  • Kiev (Ukraine)
  • Stolin (Belarus)
  • Kovelʹ (Ukraine)
  • Hrodna (Belarus)
  • Presovtse (Ukraine)
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Poland.
  • Sulejów (Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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