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Mary L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2235) interviewed by Brana Gurewitsch,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2235

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Mary L., who was born in I︠a︡mbol, Bulgaria in 1929. She recalls her comfortable, traditional childhood; her family's deep roots in Bulgaria; learning Ladino; attending Hebrew, then Bulgarian, schools; membership in Maccabi; expulsion in 1939 of foreign Jews, among them an uncle and cousins; antisemitic laws, including confiscation of the family business; the atmosphere of fear when visiting her aunt in Sofia; involvement in underground activities through her cousin (she later discovered they were communist directed); close friendship with other Jewish youth; their socialist beliefs; attending school; writing a school composition on the injustice of the Jewish situation; sympathy from her classmates and teacher; fear of deportation; her aunt and uncle moving in after confiscation of their house; repeal of antisemitic laws in 1944; arrival of Soviet troops in September; establishment of a communist government; postwar trials and execution of pro-Germans; attending medical school; emigration to Israel with her parents in 1949; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. L. discusses the importance of the Orthodox Church in saving Bulgarian Jews, and her daughter's strong religious identification. She shows family photographs.
    Author/Creator
    L.,Mary, 1929-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
    Interview Date
    December 17, 1992.
    Locale
    Bulgaria
    I︠A︡mbol (Bulgaria)
    Sofia (Bulgaria)
    Israel
    Cite As
    Mary L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2235). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Gurewitsch, Brana, interviewer.

    Physical Details

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

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Zionist organizations.
    Postwar experiences.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Mutual aid.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4286829
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:25:00
    This page:
    http:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4286829

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