- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Marie W., who was born in 1914. She recalls growing up in Zaliztsi, Poland (presently Ukraine); strained relations between Poles and Ukrainians; Soviet occupation; marriage in 1940; German invasion; a mass killing of Jewish men, including her sister's boyfriend; hiding during round-ups; becoming pregnant; loss of the baby in her sixth month; going into hiding; learning her sister and parents had been killed; being hidden by a Ukrainian man, then a non-Jewish woman, then the man again; fleeing to the forests when it became too dangerous; building a bunker; living there with her husband, his two brothers, and another boy; the two brothers leaving (they were killed); liberation by Soviets in spring 1944; living in Lʹviv for about a year; moving to Kraków; her daughter's birth; and emigration to Canada in 1949. Ms. W. discusses her nightmares, particularly of her sister, and the difficulty of recalling such painful memories for this recording.
- Author/Creator
- W., Marie, 1914-
- Published
- Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1990
- Interview Date
- November 1, 1990.
- Locale
- Zaliztsi (Ukraine)
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Kraków (Poland)
- Cite As
- Marie W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3098). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Forrai, Ernest, interviewer.
