Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Olga F., who was born in Lwów, Poland in 1925. She recalls her family's move to Czernowitz in 1927; increasing antisemitism; summer visits to relatives in Lwów; an influx of Jewish refugees after the German invasion of Poland; their inability to sense the imminent danger; Soviet occupation; deportation of property owners to Siberia; German invasion; destruction of Jewish property; ghettoization; deportation to Ataki, then Transnistria by Romanian forces; moving to Mogilev, then Derebchin; food shortages and overcrowding; being hidden by her mother to avoid forced labor; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Czernowitz; moving to Bucharest in May 1945; emigration to the United States in 1947; and her marriage and three children. Mrs. F. names many relatives who were deported and killed and emphasizes the brutality of the local populations.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
- Interview Date
- March 22, 1993.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Chernivt︠s︡i.
Poland
L'viv (Ukraine)
Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944)
Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
Ataki (Moldova)
Derebchin (Ukraine)
Bucharest (Romania) - Cite As
- Olga F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2602). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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., 31 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Postwar experiences.
Hiding. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Chernivt︠s︡i. Poland. L'viv (Ukraine) Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944) Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine) Ataki (Moldova) Derebchin (Ukraine) Bucharest (Romania) Oral histories (document genres) F., Olga,--1925-
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/4288308
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4288308
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