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Golda S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-924) interviewed by Paul Mohl and Tina Rauch,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-924

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Golda S., who was born in Sokalʹ, Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1922, one of eight children. She recounts a weaving apprenticeship in Lʹviv; increased antisemitism in the mid 1930s; Soviet occupation of Sokalʹ in 1939; German invasion in 1941; anti-Jewish violence and restrictions; ghettoization; escaping from a deportation train; returning home; being hidden in a monastery; leaving when her life was in danger; encountering a woman on a train who offered her a job in Kraków; discovery and incarceration in Płaszów; escaping four weeks later; obtaining false papers; working in Braunau; and saving orphaned children as the war ended. Mrs. S. notes she never lost faith in God and survived due to her faith and sense of purpose.
Author/Creator: S., Golda, 1922-
Published: San Antonio, Tex. : Children of the Holocaust-Second Generation of San Antonio, 1987
Interview Date: February 2 and October 25, 1987.
Locale: Ukraine
Sokalʹ
Poland
Sokalʹ (Ukraine)
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Kraków (Poland)
Braunau am Inn (Austria)
Cite As: Golda S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-924). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Mohl, Paul, interviewer.
Rauch, Tina, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 2 videorecordings (2 hr. and 1 hr., 8 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
False papers.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Sokalʹ. Escapes. Poland. Sokalʹ (Ukraine) Lʹviv (Ukraine) Kraków (Poland) Braunau am Inn (Austria) World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Faith. Oral histories (document genres) S., Golda,--1922- Płaszów (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/4282631
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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