Overview
- 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.
- 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.
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. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Białystok. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Poland. Białystok (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. S., Bernice,--1923- Blizyn (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Majdanek (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Płaszów (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp)
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/1055912
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1055912
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