LEADER 04566cpd a2200553 a 4500001 12511594 005 20180604132330.0 008 150723s2011 ctu eng d 035 HVT-4475 035 12511594 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)1007216561 090 |bHVT-4475 100 1 I., Sophie, |d1939- 245 10 Sophie I. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4475) |h[videorecording], |fApril 1, 2011. 260 Mahwah, N.J. : |bCenter for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, |c2011. 300 1 videorecording (1 hr., 54 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Sophie I., who was born in Pidbuz︠h︡, Poland (presently Ukraine) in January 1939. She recounts her family's affluence; Soviet occupation the year of her birth; German invasion; her parents and aunt taking her to hide in the forests in the winter of 1942; wandering in the woods for six weeks, being carried by her mother or aunt; hiding in the barn of a large farm; the farmer, who knew her parents, finding them; his wife and five teenage children agreeing to hide them; meager food; hiding silently during frequent searches and visits by other Poles; lice infestation; being taught to cross herself so she could occasionally stay with the family since she was blond and spoke perfect Polish; spending twenty-four hours in a pigsty when Germans were there; liberation by Soviets in late 1944; living with other Jews who had been hiding; Soviets arresting the famer who hid them as a German collaborator; her father informing the Soviets they would have to execute him before they could shoot their rescuer; his release; moving to western Poland, then Wetzlar displaced persons camp; her brother's birth; Red Cross assistance locating relatives in the United States; moving to Lechfeld Displaced Persons camp; assistance from HIAS; their relatives sponsoring them for emigration to the United States; arrival in summer 1949; her difficult adjustment; marriage to an American in 1959; and the births of three children. Ms. I. discusses visits to her rescuers; supporting them financially; and sponsoring two of the sisters to emigrate to the United States. 524 Sophie I. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4475). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 562 |e2 copies: |bMini DV dub; |band DVD dub. 600 10 I., Sophie, |d1939- 610 20 Wetzlar (Displaced persons camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016038666 610 20 International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91029304 610 20 HIAS (Agency) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86106006 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Women. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147274 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xChildren. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359 650 0 Jewish children in the Holocaust. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96005877 650 0 Mothers and daughters. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087538 650 0 Fathers and daughters. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047454 650 0 Families. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047009 650 0 Refugee camps. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87007802 651 0 Poland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071 651 0 Pidbuz︠h︡ (Ukraine) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003092409 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Child survivors. 690 4 Soviet occupation. 690 4 Hiding. 690 4 Aid by non-Jews. 690 4 Forests. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 697 4 Lechfeld (Germany : Refugee camp) 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b12646549 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.4475) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/319s17sq63 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/