Feiga and Yochel F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3099
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Feiga F., who was born in Alse?dz?iai, Lithuania in 1919 and Yochel F. who was born in Rubi?a?z?h?e?vichy, Russia (Poland after World War I, presently Belarus) in 1911. Mrs. F. recalls her eight siblings; wanting to emigrate to Palestine against her father's wishes; Soviet occupation; meeting her husband; marriage in April 1941; German invasion; being left with her family to run their leather factory when the town's Jews were deported; the local priest offering to hide them; living in the attic of a house (fourteen family members and two babies subsequently born); leaving when workers became suspicious; giving one baby to the owner of the house (the baby died); building bunkers in several locations; hiding with the mayor of their town; liberation by Soviet troops; an interview by Il?i?a? E?renburg who cried when he met them; her mother's death; fleeing to Austria to escape communism; and emigration to the United States in 1946.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

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

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