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Elvira F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2778) interviewed by Jaša Almuli,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2778

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Elvira F., who was born in Thessalonikē, Greece in 1918. She recalls attending an Italian school; working in a bookstore; marriage in 1943; her brother escaping to the partisans; she and her husband hiding with a non-Jew; escaping to their hosts' parents' home in a village; fleeing to Kozanē, then Polikástanon; assistance from ELAS; helping them, but not participating in military incursions; posing as non-Jews using false papers; her husband's arrest and one month imprisonment (the Germans didn't know he was Jewish); liberation; returning to Thessalonikē; learning her parents and entire extended family, except one cousin, were deported and killed; living in a village; and her husband's death. Ms. F. notes her son's academic career in Cyprus; her brother's emigration to the United States; and illness and loneliness resulting from the war.
    Author/Creator
    F., Elvira, 1918-
    Published
    Thessalonikē, Greece : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
    Interview Date
    June 12, 1993.
    Locale
    Greece
    Thessalonikē (Greece)
    Kozanē (Greece)
    Polikástanon (Greece) BGN 0 Voy, LOC
    Cite As
    Elvira F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2778). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Almuli, Jaša, interviewer.
    Notes
    This testimony is in French.

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (33 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Partisans.
    Hiding.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    False papers.
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4288772
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:44:00
    This page:
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