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Dana S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-328) interviewed by Sarah Moskovitz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-328

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Dana S., who was born in Lʹviv, Ukraine (then Poland) in 1935. She recalls having a governess (her parents were both lawyers); the beginning of war; Soviet occupation; her father hiding from military draft; his eventual draft and return home; German invasion; ghettoization; hiding during round-ups; her mother hiding her with a Christian former neighbor; their returning her after a week; her father obtaining false papers for her and her mother (as a male, he thought he would jeopardize them); seeing her father for the last time; going by train to Zaklików; living as Catholics; and learning of hidden Jews nearby who were reported and killed. Ms. S. discusses several incidents of almost being found out; her self-confidence resulting from her war experiences; believing that being Jewish was bad, but attaining pride in her Jewishness after some time; and a scar on her finger which reminds her of her father.
Author/Creator: S., Dana, 1935-
Published: Northridge, Calif. : Child Survivor Archive at California State University, Northridge, 1983
Interview Date: July 15, 1983.
Locale: Ukraine
Lʹviv
Poland
Zaklików (Poland)
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Cite As: Dana S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-328). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Moskovitz, Sarah, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: Betacam SP dub; 1/2 in. VHS dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 23 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
False papers.
Child survivors.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. 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--Ukraine--Lʹviv. Identification (Religion) Escapes. Poland. Zaklików (Poland) Lʹviv (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) S., Dana,--1935-

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/4293421
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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