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Reva F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1864) interviewed by Devorah Mann,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1864

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Reva F., who was born in Iwye, Poland (presently Iŭe, Belarus) in 1937. She vaguely recalls German occupation; seeing dead bodies; Germans beating people; escaping with her mother; being hidden alone with a man in a nearby village; her mother coming for her; hiding with her mother in the attic of a non-Jewish woman who shared her food with them; hiding in a forest with her aunt and cousin; the war's end; returning to Iwye; her mother's remarriage; traveling to a displaced persons camp in Ladispoli, Italy; her sister's birth; and emigrating to the United States to join an aunt. Mrs. F. discusses not remembering most of her childhood; present fears resulting from her war experiences; feeling her past began when she arrived in the U.S.; and her father's death in a mass shooting. She shows photographs.
Author/Creator: F., Reva, 1937-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date: November 14, 1991.
Locale: Iŭe (Belarus)
Poland
Ladispoli (Italy)
Cite As: Reva F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1864). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Mann, Devorah, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (26 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Mothers and daughters. Iŭe (Belarus) Poland. Ladispoli (Italy) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. F., Reva,--1937-

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/4284738
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:28:00
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