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Elliot L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2710) interviewed by Naomi Rappaport,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2710

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Elliot L., who was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1925. He recalls moving to Paris with his family in 1928; returning to Sofia in 1937; enactment of anti-Jewish laws; expulsion of Jews from Sofia; relocating with his family to Ki︠u︡stendil; continuing to attend school; preparing for deportation which never occurred; and liberation by Soviet troops in September 1944. Mr. L. recounts studying engineering in Sofia; affiliation with Zionist organizations; an illegal attempt to emigrate to Palestine in 1947; incarceration in Cyprus when the ship was intercepted by the British; release after Israel was established; completing his education in Tel Aviv; military service; marriage in 1952; and emigrating to the United States in 1968. He notes sharing his experiences with his daughter and shows photographs.
Author/Creator: L., Elliot, 1925-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
Interview Date: December 3, 1993.
Locale: Bulgaria
Sofia (Bulgaria)
Paris (France)
Ki︠u︡stendil (Bulgaria)
Israel
Palestine
Cyprus
Cite As: Elliot L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2710). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Rappaport, Naomi, 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., 37 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Zionists. Bulgaria. Sofia (Bulgaria) Paris (France) Ki︠u︡stendil (Bulgaria) Israel. Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Cyprus. Oral histories (document genres) L., Elliot,--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/4288695
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:28:00
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