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Shary K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1428) interviewed by Nadine Weinstein and Adele Rice Nudel,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1428

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Shary K., who was born in Travnik, Yugoslavia in 1918. She tells of her marriage on April 6, 1941, the day of the German invasion; living in Tuzla; leaving her mother behind (she never saw her again) to escape, dressed as a Muslim, to Mostar to join her husband; working as a nurse for the partisans; fleeing to Bari, Italy; emigration to the United States; life at Fort Ontario; and their return trip to Yugoslavia in 1991.
Author/Creator: K., Shary, 1918-
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990
Interview Date: November 18, 1990.
Locale: Yugoslavia
Bari (Italy)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Travnik (Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Cite As: Shary K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1428). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Nadine, interviewer.
Nudel, Adele Rice, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Leon K. Holocaust testimony [husband] (HVT-1424), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (23 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Partisans.
Italian occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Husband and wife. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Yugoslavia. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Yugoslavia. Bari (Italy) Bosnia and Herzegovina. Travnik (Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Oral histories (document genres) K., Shary,--1918- Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1083430
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:24:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1083430

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