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Andreas S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2794) interviewed by Jaša Almuli,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2794

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.
Author/Creator: S., Andreas, 1929-
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.
Other Authors/Editors: Almuli, Jaša, interviewer.
Notes: 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: 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/4288797
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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