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Alexander M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3302) interviewed by B. M. Zabarko,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3302

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Alexander M., who was born in 1929. He recalls a happy, comfortable childhood in Sharhorod; cordial relations with non-Jews; German occupation; antisemitic measures; his mother's death; his arrest; convincing the Germans he was not Jewish; forced labor cooking and cleaning for German troops; billeting of German soldiers in his family's home; one German providing them with food; occupation by Romanian troops; their refusal to murder Jews on German orders; ghettoization; overcrowding; starvation; hiding to avoid forced labor; deportation to Odesa; escaping and returning to Sharhorod; buying a radio for partisans from Romanian troops; trading on the black market; brutal Ukrainian police; ignorance of outside events; the war's end; his father's return from the military; studying in Chernivt︠s︡i; marriage in 1949; and the births of two children. Mr. M. discusses frequent encounters with partisans and his brother's emigration to Israel.
Author/Creator: M., Alexander, 1929-
Published: Sharhorod, Ukraine : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1994
Interview Date: August 14, 1994.
Locale: Ukraine
Sharhorod
Sharhorod (Ukraine)
Odesa (Ukraine)
Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Cite As: Alexander M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3302). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Zabarko, B. M., interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Russian.

Physical Details

Language: Russian
Copies: 2 copies: Betacam SP master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 06 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Romanian occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
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. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Ukraine. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Sharhorod. Escapes. Sharhorod (Ukraine) Odesa (Ukraine) Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) M., Alexander,--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/4291266
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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