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Luba Z. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1457) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Marcia Weisberg,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1457

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Luba Z., who was born in Wyszków, Poland in 1914, one of nine children. She recounts visits to Warsaw; German invasion; fleeing with her family to Sarny; fleeing further with one sister (she never saw her family again); hiding in various places, including Zhadova; marriage; traveling to Germany; living in Lechfeld displaced persons camp; her son's birth; and emigration to the United States. Ms. Z. notes her son does not want her to discuss her experiences because she becomes too upset. She shows photographs.
Author/Creator: Z., Luba, 1914-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
Interview Date: January 18, 1989.
Locale: Poland
Wyszków (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Sarny (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
Zhadova (Ukraine)
Cite As: Luba Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1457). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
Weisberg, Marcia, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in English with some Yiddish.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (30 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Sisters. Refugee camps. Poland. Wyszków (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Sarny (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) Zhadova (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) Z., Luba,--1914-

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/4295323
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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