Sabina G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2181
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Sabina G., who was born in Ulano?w, Poland in 1922. She recalls her family's comfortable, observant life; attending Polish and Jewish schools; antisemitism; brief Soviet occupation; German invasion; antisemitic measures; being beaten by a German; her brother's arrest; bringing him food in Janow Lubelski; obtaining his release through the Judenrat and her father's Polish colleague; her adopted brother's arrest (she never saw him again); the murder of her uncle, his family, and other Jews in Wo?lka Tanewska by ethnic Germans; their burial in a mass grave; obtaining false papers; moving to Stryi? with her future husband, posing as Christian Poles; arrest and release by a Polish soldier; obtaining a false birth certificate with a priest's help; witnessing round-ups and mass killings of Jews; moving to a nearby town in 1944; resistance activities protecting Poles from Ukrainians; liberation by Soviet troops; visiting Ulano?w (none of her family survived); her husband's conscription into the Soviet army; traveling to Sanok; reunion with her husband in Rzeszo?w; moving to Rozwado?w and Pi?awa Go?rna; continuing to live as Christians; bearing two children; and emigration to Israel in 1957 and to the United States in 1960. Mrs. G. discusses nervousness and depression resulting from her experiences and revealing their Jewishness and experiences to their children.

Extent and Medium

4 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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