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Sylvia L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-348) interviewed by Judie Wayman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-348

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Sylvia L., who was born in 1933, an only child in an orthodox family. She recounts living in Czernowitz, Romania; attending kindergarten; one year of Soviet occupation; German invasion; ghettoization; forced transfer to Murafa; her father hiding during a round-up of men for forced labor; Soviet liberation; returning home; finding their house had been ransacked; her father's draft into the Soviet military; attending school; emigration with her parents to Israel in 1950; marriage in 1952; and emigration to the United States in 1956. Ms. L. discusses hardships and suffering during the war and sharing her experiences with her children.
Author/Creator: L., Sylvia, 1933-
Published: Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
Interview Date: August 7, 1984.
Locale: Ukraine
Chernivt︠s︡i.
Romania
Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Murafa (Vinnyt︠s︡ʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
Israel
Cite As: Sylvia L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-348). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Wayman, Judie, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 45 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Soviet occupation.
Child survivors.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
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--Chernivt︠s︡i. Romania. Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) Murafa (Vinnyt︠s︡ʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) Israel. Oral histories (document genres) L., Sylvia,--1933-

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/4293602
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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