Sabina H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Sabina H., who was born in Terebovli?a?, Austria (later Poland, presently Ukraine) in 1903. She recalls her mother's death when she was 16; marriage in 1936; her daughter's birth in 1938; Soviet occupation in 1939; German occupation in 1941; mass killings of Jews; anti-Jewish regulations; many deaths from hunger and disease; hiding to escape round-ups in 1942 and 1943; her husband's disappearance; narrowly escaping execution when she refused to report for forced labor; fleeing with her daughter to the countryside; being hidden by non-Jews in a cave, then in an attic for ten months; telling her daughter stories to pass the time; and their release in March 1944 after the German retreat. Mrs. H. describes seeking surviving family in Terebovli?a?; hearing from her brother in the United States; traveling to Austria; and living in Germany for two years.
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
- H., Sabina, -- 1903-
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Postwar experiences.
- Husband -- Death.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Mothers and daughters.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Soviet occupation.
- Mass killings.
Places
- Germany.
- Terebovliď¸ a︥ (Ukraine)
- Austria.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat