- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Rachel F., who was born in Zawalów, Poland in 1916. She recalls her childhood in an orthodox family of five children; attending public and Jewish schools; participating in a Zionist organization; marriage in 1938; her daughter's birth in 1940; German occupation in 1941; ghettoization with her parents and daughter in Podhajce; hiding with her sister and brother-in-law during "aktions"; her parents' and daughter's killings; escaping with her sister and brother-in-law; hiding with her brothers, sister, and other Jews in bunkers in the woods; assistance from Jehovah's Witnesses, especially one friend of her brother-in-law; liberation by Soviet troops; killing by local Ukrainians of a Jew who came out of hiding; remarriage in January 1945; traveling via Czechoslovakia to Austria; assistance from UNRRA and Beriḥah; living in the Badgastein displaced persons camp; her daughter's birth in 1948; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mrs. F. discusses sharing her experiences with her children.
- Author/Creator
- F., Rachel, 1916-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989
- Interview Date
- May 6, 1989.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Pidhaĭt︠s︡i.
Poland
Zawalów (Poland)
- Cite As
- Rachel F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1195). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Sicular, Lilian, interviewer.
Steifel, Brenda, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Oscar F. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-1197), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
