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Nina F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-336) interviewed by Sue Danford,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-336

Videotape testimony of Nina F., who was born in Zolochev, Poland (presently Zolochiv, Ukraine), in approximately 1926, the only child in a middle class family. She recalls attending public and Hebrew schools; two month summer vacations with her mother; Soviet occupation in 1939; confiscation of the family business; German invasion in June 1941; confiscation of their valuables; forced labor; ghettoization; her parents obtaining Christian false papers for her; living with a seamstress in Lʹviv; near exposure as a Jew; returning home wanting to be with her family; hiding in a bunker during round-ups; leaving the bunker with her father; being caught and machine gunned in front of a mass grave; falling, but not being injured; climbing out of the grave after dark; finding her mother; working in a forced labor camp; transfer to Lackie; working with her mother as a housekeeper for an SS; their escape; hiding in fields; falling asleep; awaking to find her mother gone (she was killed); going to the family which previously hid her, then to a farmer she knew in Ushnya; hiding in his silo for four months, then a hole under the barn for almost a year; liberation by Soviet troops; concealing her rescuer's identity to shield him from retaliation; learning she was the sole survivor of a family of sixty; traveling to Krakow; marriage; leaving due to antisemitism; living in Munich; assistance from UNRRA and the Joint; emigration to the United States, establishing a business; and raising a family. Ms. F. discuss her nightmares; continuing to help her rescuers; and her love for the United States. She shows photographs.

Author/Creator
F., Nina, 1926?-
Published
Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
Interview Date
August 23, 1984.
Locale
Ukraine
Zolochiv
Zolochiv (Lʹvivsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
Poland
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Ushnya (Ukraine)
Kraków (Poland)
Munich (Germany)
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Nina F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-336). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.