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Janet R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1279) interviewed by Sara Moss Herz and Lucille B. Ritvo,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1279

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Janet R., who was born in Ostrog, Poland (presently Ostroh, Ukraine) in 1928, the youngest of five children. She recalls a comfortable childhood; Soviet occupation; her father moving to L'vov, fearing deportation to Siberia; German invasion; joining her parents in L'vov; German arrest of her father and brother; their execution; ghettoization; forced factory labor; her mother and nephew disappearing (she never saw them again); obtaining false papers from a family friend; escaping with her sister and sister-in-law; deciding to separate, fearing more risk together; posing as a Christian; brief reunion with her sister; working for two years on an Austrian general's farm; constant fear of exposure; the general's departure; staying with another worker; arrival of Soviet troops; living in L'vov with her father's friend, who urged her to convert to Christianity; continuing to pose as a Christian; studying medicine; reunion with a cousin in Ostrog; moving to Warsaw; meeting her future husband; traveling to Frankfurt; reunion with her sister-in-law and sister; moving to Paris; emigrating to the United States via Montréal; marriage; her husband's premature death; and remarriage. Mrs. R. reflects on the enormous psychological strain while hiding. She shows photographs.
    Author/Creator
    R., Janet, 1928-
    Published
    New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989
    Interview Date
    September 26, 1989.
    Locale
    Ukraine
    Lv́iv
    Ostroh (Ukraine)
    Poland
    Lʹviv (Ukraine)
    Warsaw (Poland)
    Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
    Montréal (Québec)
    Paris (France)
    Cite As
    Janet R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1279). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Herz, Sara Moss, interviewer.
    Ritvo, Lucille B., interviewer.
    Notes
    Additional written material is available in the repository.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 21 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Soviet occupation.
    False papers.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Hiding.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4283582
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:44:00
    This page:
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