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Bernice S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1336) interviewed by Ilene London and Bob Jacobson,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1336

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Bernice S. who was born in Białystok, Poland in 1923. She recalls her traditional orthodox family; Russian occupation; her father losing his job; her brother's arrest and exile to Siberia; German invasion; ghettoization; working outside the ghetto for a German who protected her (he was honored as a "Righteous among the Nations" by Yad Vashem); formation of an underground; and deportation to Majdanek, then Bliżyn. Mrs. S. decribes transfer to Auschwitz; the death march to Płaszów, Gross Rosen and Ravensbrück in 1945; release of the prisoners; wandering through German villages; receiving assistance from Soviet soldiers; returning to Białystok; marriage in 1946; leaving Poland ; living in a displaced persons camp until 1949; and emigrating to the United States.
    Author/Creator
    S., Bernice, 1923-
    Published
    Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1989
    Interview Date
    September 12, 1989.
    Locale
    Poland
    Białystok
    Białystok (Poland)
    Cite As
    Bernice S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1336). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    London, Ilene, interviewer.
    Jacobson, Bob, 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., 53 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Soviet occupation.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Resistance.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1055912
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:44:00
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