Semtov H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Semtov H., who was raised in Thessalonike?, Greece, one of five children. He recalls speaking Ladino at home; attending a Jewish elementary school; family Sabbath dinners and attending synagogue; Zionist activities (he sings a Ladino song); ghettoization; escaping with one brother when ordered to report for forced labor; returning home after a few weeks; he and his brother bribing a boat captian to take them to the Italian-occupied area; returning to Salonika; obtaining false papers from a railroad employee when deportations started; escaping to Athens; being joined by his brother; hiding in several places while living as non-Jewish Greeks; learning their entire family had perished except two cousins; returning to Salonika; selling his father's business; marriage in 1949; and living in Athens. Mr. H. notes he identifies himself as a true Greek and a Zionist.
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
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- H., Semtov, -- 1916-
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Jews -- Greece -- ThessalonikeĚ.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- False papers.
- Hiding.
- Postwar experiences.
- Escapes.
- Brothers.
- Zionists.
- Italian occupation.
Places
- Salonika ghetto.
- Greece.
- ThessalonikeĚ (Greece)
- Athens (Greece)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat