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Zipporah S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2043) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2043

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Zipporah S., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1938. She tells of German occupation; her family's move to the Bochnia ghetto; her father buying false papers; being smuggled into Hungary with a paid guide; registering as Christian Polish refugees; receiving help from a Hungarian woman (she did not know they were Jews); moving to Budapest; the woman arranging for her, her sister, and cousin to live in a Swedish convent while her parents remained in hiding (no one knew they were Jews); liberation by Soviet troops; reunion with her parents; moving to Prague; emigrating to New Zealand in 1947 to join relatives; attending school in Wellington; their move to Toronto, Canada in 1955, seeking more Jewish life; marriage; emigration to the United States in 1958; having four children; and her family's ties to Israel.
Author/Creator: S., Zipporah, 1938-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
Interview Date: May 11, 1992.
Locale: Poland
Bochnia
Kraków (Poland)
Wellington (N.Z.)
Budapest (Hungary)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Toronto (Ont.)
Cite As: Zipporah S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2043). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (51 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
False papers.
Hiding.
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. Escapes. Convents. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Bochnia. Families. Identification (Religion) Sisters. Poland. Kraków (Poland) Wellington (N.Z.) Budapest (Hungary) Prague (Czech Republic) Toronto (Ont.) Oral histories (document genres) S., Zipporah,--1938-

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/4286065
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:23:00
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