Sophie K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Sophie K., who was born in Bursztyn, Poland (presently Ukraine), the second youngest of seven children. She recounts her mother's death when she was three; her father's death shortly before German invasion; forced labor; transfer to Bukachevtsy; her siblings and their families being deported or killed; transfer to Rohatyn; escaping by swimming across a river; a Polish couple informing her there were Jews in the woods; finding a man she knew (he was killed soon after), then her cousin; digging and living in a bunker; receiving food from a nearby farmer; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; marriage; traveling to Vienna; living in a displaced persons camp in Salzburg; hearing from two half brothers (from her father's earlier marriage) in the United States; emigration to join them in 1949; and her daughter's birth. Ms. K. notes her daughter was not interested in her experiences, but recently asked about them. She 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
- K., Sophie, -- 1920-
Subjects
- Hiding.
- Refugee camps.
- Forced labor.
- Escapes.
- Postwar experiences.
- Mutual aid.
- Bunkers.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Survivor-child relations.
Places
- Burshtyn (Ukraine)
- Poland.
- Bukachevtsy (Ukraine)
- Rohatyn (Ukraine)
- Vienna (Austria)
- Salzburg (Austria : Refugee camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat