Eftihia N. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Eftihia N., who was born in Io?annina, Greece. She recalls Jewish institutions and traditions; attending a French speaking, Jewish school through eighth grade; bombing during the Italian invasion; fleeing with her parents and brothers to Athens; returning to Io?annina when the bombing ceased; returning to Athens after German invasion in 1943; her father placing her and one brother with a non-Jewish business associate; not registering as Jews as required by the Germans; rare visits from their father; moving to another home with the rest of their family; deciding not to return to Io?annina after the war, knowing few Jews returned; and learning of the concentration camps from survivors including four cousins.
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
- N., Eftihia.
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Postwar experiences.
- Brothers and sisters.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Child survivors.
- Family.
Places
- IoĚannina (Greece)
- Greece.
- Athens (Greece)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat