Mikhael K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Mikhael K., who was born in Rokitnoye, Ukraine in 1925. He recalls Soviet antisemitism prior to the war; evacuating with his family to Kazakhstan after the German bombing of Kiev in June 1941; his brother's service in the Soviet military (he was killed in 1942); starvation conditions while working on a collective farm; entering the Soviet military at the end of 1942; serving at the front; being wounded in March 1944; a six-month recovery; gradually learning of the destruction of Jews; joining his family in Kazakhstan; their return to Rokitnoye in October 1944; entering university; increased antisemitism; marriage in 1950; moving frequently; his first wife's death in 1970; remarriage; emigration to Israel in 1980 (his children went to the United States); and joining them in 1985. Mr. K. discusses continuing antisemitism in Ukraine and the Soviet policy of ignoring Jewish losses during the Holocaust.
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
People
- K., Mikhael, -- 1925-
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Antisemitism -- Postwar.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Soviet.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Ukraine.
- Rokitnoye (Ukraine)
- Kazakhstan.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat