LEADER 05038cpd a2200649za 4500001 4287292 005 20180604132833.0 008 970131s1992 ctu eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702233236 035 (CStRLIN)CTYV97-A31 035 4287292 035 HVT-2307 035 |9FLW1422YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)702154752 090 |bHVT-2307 100 1 R., Ada, |d1934- 245 10 Ada R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2307) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Helen Cohn and Bernice Blum, |fNovember 4, 1992. 260 Houston, Tex. : |bHolocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, |c1992. 300 1 videorecording (1 hr., 55 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Ada R., who was born in Przemyśl, Poland in 1934. She recounts her parents' successful business; the bombing of Przemyśl in 1939; Soviet occupation; her father's arrest as a capitalist (she never saw him again); arrest with her mother and brother; their deportation to Qostanaĭ, then to Novosibirsk in July 1940; German invasion; their escape to Samarqand via Tashkent; hardships and hunger; her mother arranging to send her and her brother on a children's transport to Palestine in 1942; her brother's help throughout the journey; living in an orphanage in Tehran; assistance from Jewish organizations and individual local Jews; truck transport to Karachi, then by boat to Suez; and their warm welcome in Palestine in February 1943. Mrs. R. recalls separation from her brother when placed in a Jerusalem orphanage; assistance from Henrietta Szold; moving with her brother to a kibbutz; her discomfort with kibbutz life; her mother's arrival in 1946; moving to her mother's and stepfather's home; military service; marriage; and emigration to the United States. She discusses difficult separations during the war; sacrifices her uncle and mother made to save them; sadness at her family losses; and the difficulty of comprehending her story. 500 Related publication: The Teheran operation : the rescue of Jewish children from the Nazis : based on the biographical sketches of David and Rachel Laor / Devora Omer ; [English translation, Riva Rubin]. -- Washington, D.C. : B'nai B'rith Books, c1991. 562 |e2 copies: |b3/4 in. dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 524 Ada R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2307). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 600 10 R., Ada, |d1934- 600 10 Szold, Henrietta, |d1860-1945. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50012675 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Women. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147274 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xChildren. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xJews |xRescue |zIran |zTehran. 650 0 Brothers and sisters. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017225 650 0 Orphanages. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095748 650 0 Kibbutzim. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072232 651 0 Poland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131071 651 0 Przemyśl (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82058791 651 0 Qostanaĭ (Kazakhstan) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98066533 651 0 Novosibirsk (Russia) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82029398 651 0 Tashkent (Uzbekistan) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80004387 651 0 Samarqand (Uzbekistan) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80113871 651 0 Tehran (Iran) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039626 651 0 Palestine. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097163 651 0 Karachi (Pakistan) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79106326 651 0 Suez (Egypt) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84164232 651 0 Jerusalem. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81126877 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Child survivors. 690 4 Soviet occupation. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 700 1 Cohn, Helen, |einterviewer. 700 1 Blum, Bernice, |einterviewer. 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies |bYale University Library |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b4666377 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.2307) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/dn3zs2kf46 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/