David S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2795
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of David S., who was born in Thessalonikē, Greece in 1925. He recalls his father's death when he was a child; attending Greek schools; ghettoization; hiding with his family during a round-up; leaving to join friends; deportation for forced labor in Thebes; escaping against the advice of his uncle; traveling to Athens with assistance from Italian soldiers; obtaining false papers; contacting ELAS (partisans) through a friend's mother; being sent to Euboea Island to join them; participating as part of EPON, the youth movement; armed conflicts against Germans; clashes with government and British forces during the civil war after liberation; disbanding in February 1945; and concealing his involvement with the partisans to avoid arrest. Mr. S. notes the partisans saved many Jews; and the murder of his entire immediate and extended family in the Holocaust. He shows photographs.

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., David, -- 1925-

Corporate Bodies

  • ELAS (Military organization)
  • Heniaia Panelladikē Organōsē Neōn.

Subjects

  • Jews -- Greece -- Thessalonikē.
  • Forced labor.
  • Escapes.
  • Concentration camp inmates -- Family relationships.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • False papers.
  • Partisans.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Greece.
  • Child survivors.
  • Hiding.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Thebes (Greece)
  • Athens (Greece)
  • Salonika ghetto.
  • Euboea Island (Greece)
  • Greece -- History -- Civil War, 1944-1949 -- Participation.
  • Greece -- History -- Civil War, 1944-1949 -- Personal narratives.
  • Thessalonikē (Greece)
  • Greece.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.