- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Michael S., who was born in the outskirts of Czernowitz, Romania (presently Chernivt︠s︡ii, Ukraine) in 1931, one of six children. He recalls attending public school and cheder; Soviet occupation in 1940; attending a Russian school; German and Romanian invasion in June 1941; round-up to a school; a forced march via Luzhany, Bershadʹ, and Berezne to Mohyliv; killings and deaths from starvation and exposure en route; joining relatives in the Bershadʹ ghetto; his uncle's and parents' deaths in 1942; assistance from the Joint; his bar mitzvah; transfer with his brother and other Jewish children to orphanages in Balta, then Yarovoye; an appendectomy; kind treatment by the orphanage staff and local Jews; liberation by Soviet troops; repatriation with his brother; reunion with all his siblings; separating to flee the communist government; traveling to Bucharest with his sister; illegal emigration from Burgas to Palestine in September 1947; interdiction by the British; brief internment on Cyprus, then ʻAtlit in December 1947; arrival of five siblings (one sister had emigrated to the United States); military service in 1952; emigration to the United States in 1959 to join his sister; marriage; and his son's birth. Mr. S. discusses details of prewar life and the hardships he endured; persistent nightmares; and sharing his experiences with his son. He shows photographs.
- Author/Creator
- S., Michael, 1931-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- January 6, 1991.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Bershadʹ
Romania
Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Luz︠h︡any (Ukraine)
Bershadʹ (Ukraine)
Berezne (Ukraine)
Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
Balta (Ukraine)
Yarovoye (Ukraine)
Bucharest (Romania)
Burgas (Bulgaria)
Cyprus
ʻAtlit (Israel)
Palestine
- Cite As
- Michael S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1749). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Mann, Devorah, interviewer.
