- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Shirley D., who was born in Radzivilov, Poland (now Chervonoarmeisk, Ukraine) in 1914. She recalls her family's comfortable life; Soviet occupation; transports of many Jews into the Soviet Union; German occupation; ghettoization; forced labor; a round-up of the children and elderly, during which Mrs. D. witnessed a child's murder that still haunts her; and hiding with her husband, son, family members, and other Jews in several places until liberation by Soviet troops in March 1944. Mrs. D. tells of their return to Radzivilov; moving to Dubno; fleeing to Germany; living in the Neufreimann displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States. She discusses her guardianship of two Jewish orphans after the war (she is still in touch with them); her gratitude to the non-Jews who hid them; a reunion in 1988 in Ukraine with the women who hid them; and finding her parents' graves and relocating them to a Jewish cemetery.
- Author/Creator
- D., Shirley, 1914-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990
- Interview Date
- June 26, 1990.
- Locale
- Poland
Chervonoarmiĭsʹk (Ukraine)
Dubno (Ukraine)
- Cite As
- Shirley D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1627). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Bloom, Ada, interviewer.
Bush, Roshie, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Irvin D. Holocaust testimony [son] (HVT-1333), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
