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Klara S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-249) interviewed by Edith Bayne and Emily Howard,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-249

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Klara S., who was born in a small town near Vladislavovka, Ukraine in 1900. She recalls moving to Lʹvov; moving to the ghetto with her husband, daughter, siblings and other members of their extended families; avoiding deportation due to her husband's job; hiding her daughter with a Polish woman; the liquidation of the ghetto; hiding with her daughter and sister-in-law with a Polish family for fourteen months; receiving letters from her husband; the deaths of her husband and most of the other members of their families; and liberation by the Russians. She relates traveling to Silesia, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany with her daughter; living in many displaced persons camps; going to Norway; living in Oslo where her daughter was educated; and their emigration to the United States in 1955.
Author/Creator: S., Klara, 1900-
Published: New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984
Interview Date: March 3, 1984.
Locale: Ukraine
Vladislavovka (Ukraine)
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Oslo (Norway)
Cite As: Klara S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-249). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Bayne, Edith, interviewer.
Howard, Emily, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (42 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Husband Death.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Mothers and daughters. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Ukraine. Vladislavovka (Ukraine) Lʹviv (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) Oslo (Norway) Refugee camps. S., Klara,--1900-

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/946946
Record last modified:: 2018-03-06 14:10:00
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