Susan B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Susan B., who was born in 1920, the youngest of four children. She recalls childhood in an affluent, traditional family in Warsaw; attending private school; her parents' disbelief that the events in Germany would affect them; German invasion in September 1939; her brother and fiance? fleeing to L'viv in the Soviet zone; illegally traveling to L'viv with her sister in December 1939; marriage in 1940; fleeing to Vilna with her husband; obtaining a Japanese transit visa from the Japanese consul, Chiune Sugihara; traveling to Moscow, then Japan, in January 1941; obtaining a Canadian visa; and emigrating to Vancouver. Mrs. B. discusses sharing her experiences with her children and continuing contacts with the Sugihara family.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- Sugihara, Chiune, -- 1900-1986.
- B., Susan, -- 1920-2004.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Japan.
- Moscow (Russia)
- Vilna (Poland)
- L'viv (Ukraine)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat