- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Miriam S., who was born in Homelʹ, Belarus in 1921. She describes the family moves to Viešintos and Panevėžys; attending university in Kaunas; antisemitic incidents; Soviet occupation; German invasion; being hidden by a non-Jew during Lithuanian killings of Jews; ghettoization; slave labor digging ditches; avoiding a large selection in October 1941; learning of mass killings in the Ninth Fort; marriage; her husband trading their possessions for food outside the ghetto; a round-up of children; escaping with her husband; being hidden with a group of Jews by a farmer for nine months; liberation by Soviet troops; reunion with her sister; learning her parents had been killed; traveling to Milan in 1945 with assistance from the Jewish brigade; her son's birth; and emigrating to the United States in June 1950. Mrs. S. discusses the importance of help from non-Jews; reluctance to share her experiences with her children; the impact on her children and grandchildren of her overprotectiveness; and frequent trips to Lithuania to visit her sister.
- Author/Creator
- S., Miriam, 1921-
- Published
- Brookline, Mass. : Brookline Holocaust Memorial Committee, 1991
- Interview Date
- September 19, 1991.
- Locale
- Lithuania
Kaunas
Milan (Italy)
Belarus
Homelʹ (Belarus)
Viešintos (Lithuania)
Panevėžys (Lithuania)
Kaunas (Lithuania)
- Cite As
- Miriam S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2467). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Langer, Lawrence L., interviewer.
