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Alex R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-472) interviewed by Judy Levendula,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-472

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Alex R., who was born in Bukachevtsy, Poland (presently Ukraine) in approximately 1913, one of twelve children. He describes the family farm; attending public and Jewish schools; serving in the Polish army; recall in summer 1939; incarceration in a POW camp; escaping after two weeks; walking to Soviet-occupied Lʹviv, then home; German invasion in 1941; deportation to a labor camp in May 1942; escaping; working in Terebovli︠a︡ as a non-Jew; leaving, fearing denouncement; hiding with a non-Jewish friend for a few months, then in the forest; liberation by Soviet troops; joining the Soviet army; serving in Czechoslovakia and briefly in Japan; returning home; and emigration to the United States in 1950. Mr. R. discusses pervasive, painful memories of his siblings who were killed and difficulties sleeping.
Author/Creator: R., Alex, 1913?-
Published: Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
Interview Date: September 12, 1984.
Locale: Poland
Bukachivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
Terebovli︠a︡ (Ukraine)
Czechoslovakia
Japan
Cite As: Alex R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-472). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Levendula, Judy, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (53 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Soviet occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Forests.
Postwar effects.
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--Participation, Polish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Soviet. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Prisoners of war--Poland. Escapes. Forced labor. Poland. Bukachivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) Lʹviv (Ukraine) Terebovli︠a︡ (Ukraine) Czechoslovakia. Japan. Oral histories (document genres) R., Alex,--1913?-

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/4293837
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4293837

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