Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of David S., who was born in Thessalonikē, Greece in 1925. He recalls his father's death when he was a child; attending Greek schools; ghettoization; hiding with his family during a round-up; leaving to join friends; deportation for forced labor in Thebes; escaping against the advice of his uncle; traveling to Athens with assistance from Italian soldiers; obtaining false papers; contacting ELAS (partisans) through a friend's mother; being sent to Euboea Island to join them; participating as part of EPON, the youth movement; armed conflicts against Germans; clashes with government and British forces during the civil war after liberation; disbanding in February 1945; and concealing his involvement with the partisans to avoid arrest. Mr. S. notes the partisans saved many Jews; and the murder of his entire immediate and extended family in the Holocaust. He shows photographs.
- Published
- Thessalonikē, Greece : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
- Interview Date
- June 3, 1993.
- Locale
- Greece
Thessalonikē
Thessalonikē (Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Thebes (Greece)
Euboea Island (Greece) - Cite As
- David S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2795). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Ladino and Greek.
Physical Details
- Language
- Ladino Greek, Modern (1453- )
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (47 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
False papers.
Partisans.
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. Forced labor. Escapes. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Greece. Greece--History--Civil War, 1944-1949--Personal narratives. Greece--History--Civil War, 1944-1949--Participation. Greece. Thessalonikē (Greece) Athens (Greece) Thebes (Greece) Euboea Island (Greece) Oral histories (document genres) S., David,--1925- Heniaia Panelladikē Organōsē Neōn. ELAS (Military organization)
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/4288798
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4288798
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