Lea-Lily S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Lea-Lily S., who was born in Larisa, Greece in 1903. She recalls her five brothers; attending teacher's college in Thessalonike?; marriage; her daughter's birth; divorce; her immediate family escaping to Palestine, via Turkey after German invasion; not leaving with them due to her illness; obtaining false papers; her brother's friend hiding her and her daughter in a nearby village; leaving because she feared exposing her rescuers; traveling by boat to Skopelos Island in June, 1943; teaching in the local school; detention by German troops; a German releasing her with a warning not to be outside too much; the Germans leaving for another island where they executed many, then leaving Skopelos permanently a few weeks later; sending her daughter to school in the United States; joining her there; and returning to Thessalonike? three years ago. Ms. S. discusses many relatives who did not escape from Thessalonike? and were killed; her parents remaining in Israel for the rest of their lives; and the emigration of three brothers' to the United States.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
- S., Lea-Lily, -- 1903-
Subjects
- Aid by non-Jews.
- False papers.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Escapes.
- Hiding.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Mothers and daughters.
Places
- Larisa (Greece)
- Skopelos Island (Greece)
- Greece.
- ThessalonikeĚ (Greece)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat