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Olga F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2602) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2602

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Olga F., who was born in Lwów, Poland in 1925. She recalls her family's move to Czernowitz in 1927; increasing antisemitism; summer visits to relatives in Lwów; an influx of Jewish refugees after the German invasion of Poland; their inability to sense the imminent danger; Soviet occupation; deportation of property owners to Siberia; German invasion; destruction of Jewish property; ghettoization; deportation to Ataki, then Transnistria by Romanian forces; moving to Mogilev, then Derebchin; food shortages and overcrowding; being hidden by her mother to avoid forced labor; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Czernowitz; moving to Bucharest in May 1945; emigration to the United States in 1947; and her marriage and three children. Mrs. F. names many relatives who were deported and killed and emphasizes the brutality of the local populations.
    Author/Creator
    F., Olga, 1925-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
    Interview Date
    March 22, 1993.
    Locale
    Ukraine
    Chernivt︠s︡i.
    Poland
    L'viv (Ukraine)
    Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
    Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944)
    Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
    Ataki (Moldova)
    Derebchin (Ukraine)
    Bucharest (Romania)
    Cite As
    Olga F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2602). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 31 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Soviet occupation.
    Postwar experiences.
    Hiding.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4288308
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:58:00
    This page:
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