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David S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2792) interviewed by Jaša Almuli,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2792

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David S., who was born in Thessalonikē, Greece in 1916, one of five children. He recalls attending a Jewish school; his large extended family; working at his family's grocery business; one sister's emigration to Israel; German occupation; forced labor; marriage; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his family; transfer to Buna/Monowitz; his sister sending him food (she was a block commander); returning to Thessalonikē after liberation; learning only he and his sister had survived the camps; reopening his family's business; his sister's emigration to join their sister in Israel; remarriage to a woman who had been hidden by non-Jews; and the births of four children.
Author/Creator: S., David, 1916-
Published: Thessalonikē, Greece : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
Interview Date: May 31, 1993.
Locale: Greece
Thessalonikē (Greece)
Cite As: David S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2792). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Almuli, Jaša, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Ladino with some Greek.

Physical Details

Language: Ladino
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 1/2 in. VHS dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (29 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mutual aid.
Wife Death.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Brothers and sisters. Forced labor. Greece. Thessalonikē (Greece) Oral histories (document genres) S., David,--1916- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp)

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/4288795
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4288795

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