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Judith C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2292) interviewed by Lawrence L. Langer,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2292

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Judith C., who was born in Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1938. She recounts a large extended family; Soviet occupation in 1939; German invasion in 1941; a non-Jew offering to hide them; escaping with several relatives with assistance from a forest ranger; hiding in the forests; receiving food from the ranger; leaving when the ranger's wife threatened exposure; hiding in a barn, then living in forests; escaping a German raid carried by her father (they were separated from her mother); encountering partisans; reunion with her mother; living in the forests with a partisan group of three hundred (she was the youngest); receiving supplies from Soviet parachute drops; leaving the forests at the end of 1944; returning to their town; learning all Jews who had remained were killed; traveling to Lublin; her father's death; escaping to Italy; living in Florence; her brother's birth; living in several displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States in 1949; meeting her husband in Israel; the birth of her children; and returning to the United States in 1967. Ms. C. discusses not dwelling on her past, despite early memories; continuing close relations with those hiding with them; and sharing her experiences in schools.
    Author/Creator
    C., Judith, 1938-
    Published
    Brookline, Mass. : Brookline Holocaust Memorial Committee, 1991
    Interview Date
    February 26, 1991.
    Locale
    Ukraine
    Lublin (Poland)
    Florence (Italy)
    Cite As
    Judith C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2292). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Langer, Lawrence L., interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 28 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Postwar effects.
    Postwar experiences.
    Partisans.
    Soviet occupation.
    Hiding.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Forests.
    Child survivors.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4287229
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:31:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4287229

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