Lucille M. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1933
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Lucille M., who was born in Zboro?w, Poland (presently Zboriv, Ukraine) in 1930. She recalls Jewish communal life and Zionism; her affluent family; antisemitic harassment by children; German bombardment in 1939; Soviet occupation; confiscation of her father's business by Soviet authorities; German invasion in June 1941; her father and uncles hiding during a mass killing of Jewish men; ghettoization; hiding during round-ups; having extra food and protection due to her father's membership on the Judenrat and his non-Jewish associates; incarceration in the Zboro?w labor camp; a non-Jewish associate smuggling her out; hiding with other family members at his farm until liberation by Soviet troops in September 1944; learning a Polish priest told the local farmers to help the Jews (her future husband made him a cassock to express their appreciation); moving to Krako?w; traveling to Germany eighteen months later; living in a displaced persons camp in Munich, then another camp for three years; marriage; emigration to the United States; and sharing her experience with her children. Mrs. M. shows photographs. She notes continuing contact with their rescuers; helping them emigrate to Canada; and having them recognized by Yad Vashem.

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: Lena A. Holocaust testimony [cousin] (HVT-1934), 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

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