Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Andreas S., who was born in Thessalonikē, Greece in 1929, an only child. He recalls ghettoization; obtaining false papers from his grandfather's friend, a police officer; escaping by train to his relatives in Athens to live under the benign Italian occupation; his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and their children escaping to Chalkis on Euboea Island, then joining him in Athens; German invasion; fleeing to Argos with assistance from his father's client; their rescuer's death in an Allied bombing; living on a farm for fourteen months; hiding during conflicts; and liberation in October 1944 by British troops. Mr. S. discusses many relatives that were killed in the Holocaust; continuing contact with his rescuers and their recognition in Greece and Israel; and his leadership role in the Jewish community.
- Published
- Thessalonikē, Greece : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
- Interview Date
- June 17, 1993.
- Locale
- Greece
Thessalonikē
Thessalonikē (Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Argos (Greece) - Cite As
- Andreas S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2794). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in French.
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Copies
- 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 1/2 in. VHS dub.; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (56 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
False papers.
Aid by non-Jews.
Italian occupation.
Hiding.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Greece--Thessalonikē. Escapes. Families. Greece. Thessalonikē (Greece) Athens (Greece) Argos (Greece) Oral histories (document genres) S., Andreas,--1929-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4288797
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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