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Susan B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3081) interviewed by Meredith Coval,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3081

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Susan B., who was born in 1920, the youngest of four children. She recalls childhood in an affluent, traditional family in Warsaw; attending private school; her parents' disbelief that the events in Germany would affect them; German invasion in September 1939; her brother and fiancé fleeing to L'viv in the Soviet zone; illegally traveling to L'viv with her sister in December 1939; marriage in 1940; fleeing to Vilna with her husband; obtaining a Japanese transit visa from the Japanese consul, Chiune Sugihara; traveling to Moscow, then Japan, in January 1941; obtaining a Canadian visa; and emigrating to Vancouver. Mrs. B. discusses sharing her experiences with her children and continuing contacts with the Sugihara family.
Author/Creator: B., Susan, 1920-2004.
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1987
Interview Date: March 18, 1987.
Locale: Poland
Warsaw (Poland)
L'viv (Ukraine)
Moscow (Russia)
Japan
Cite As: Susan B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3081). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Coval, Meredith, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (59 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Poland. Warsaw (Poland) L'viv (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) Moscow (Russia) Japan. B., Susan,--1920-2004. Sugihara, Chiune,--1900-1986.

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/4290486
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:53:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4290486

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