Fritzi S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Fritzi S., who was born in Sadagura, Romania (presently Ukraine) in 1922. She recalls the family's move to Cerna?uti in 1932; antisemitism; Soviet occupation; leaving school because she did not know Russian; expropriations of jewelry from the family store; fear of arrest and deportation to Siberia; marriage in May 1941; German invasion; her parents encouraging her to escape with her husband; their train journey to Kam?i?a?net?s?'-Podil's'kyi?; walking to Vinnyt?s?'ka and traveling by train to Rostov; working on farms; friendly Russian farmers; fleeing the German advance to Kharkiv; traveling alone to Tashkent; reunion with her husband; transfer to Samarqand; working in Soviet factories; the hostility of Russians who were antisemitic and of Uzbeks who viewed them as Russians; overcrowding and starvation; working in the hospital; her husband's death from tuberculosis; taking care of an official's family; returning to Chernivt?s?i in 1944 via Baku and Makhachkala; learning her parents had perished after they were deported; moving to Bucharest; remarriage; her daughter's birth; emigration in 1961 to Brussels, then Israel, and to the United States three years later. Mrs S. discusses the brutal death of her in-laws during the war, and her close relationship with her daughter.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
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Process Info
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People
- S., Fritzi, -- 1922-
Subjects
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Husband and wife.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Husband -- Death.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Soviet occupation.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Rostov (Russia)
- Cernăuti (Romania)
- Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
- Kharkiv (Ukraine)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Samarqand (Uzbekistan)
- Baku (Azerbaijan)
- Israel.
- Bucharest (Romania)
- Makhachkala (Russia)
- Sadgora (Ukraine)
- Kamʹi︠a︡net︠s︡ʹ-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
- Vinnytsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)
- Romania.
- Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat