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Eftihia N. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3016) interviewed by Yvette Nahmias and Jaša Almuli,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3016

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Eftihia N., who was born in Iōannina, Greece. She recalls Jewish institutions and traditions; attending a French speaking, Jewish school through eighth grade; bombing during the Italian invasion; fleeing with her parents and brothers to Athens; returning to Iōannina when the bombing ceased; returning to Athens after German invasion in 1943; her father placing her and one brother with a non-Jewish business associate; not registering as Jews as required by the Germans; rare visits from their father; moving to another home with the rest of their family; deciding not to return to Iōannina after the war, knowing few Jews returned; and learning of the concentration camps from survivors including four cousins.
Author/Creator: N., Eftihia.
Published: Athens, Greece : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1994
Interview Date: December 13, 1994.
Locale: Greece
Iōannina (Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Cite As: Eftihia N. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3016).Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Nahmias, Yvette, interviewer.
Almuli, Jaša, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (46 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Brothers and sisters. Family. Greece. Iōannina (Greece) Athens (Greece) Oral histories (document genres) N., Eftihia.

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/4290081
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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