- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Elsie B., who was born in Czernowitz, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine) in 1912. She recalls her father's death in World War I; two sisters' emigration to the United States; a brother's death in 1927; marriage in 1936; Soviet occupation; her daughter's birth in 1941; German invasion; living with a cousin to avoid deportation; traveling to Mogilev, then Luchenits; living with a Jewish woman for a year; her husband leaving for forced labor; hospitalization; insisting her daughter remain with her; liberation about eight months later; reunion with her husband; returning to Czernowitz; her husband hiding to avoid military draft; joining a Zionist organization; traveling to Rădăuți, then Bucharest; illegal emigration to Palestine; embarkation in Haifa; incarceration on Cyprus for almost a year; her second daughter's birth in 1948; her husband's death in 1955; emigration to the United States in 1958; and returning to Israel.
- Author/Creator
- B., Elsie, 1912-
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1988
- Interview Date
- May 25, 1988.
- Locale
- Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Austria
Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
Luchinets (Ukraine)
Rădăuți (Romania)
Bucharest (Romania)
Cyprus
Palestine
Haifa (Israel)
United States
- Cite As
- Elsie B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1228). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
