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Elsie B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1228) interviewed by Stanley Friedman and Bernard Weinstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1228

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Elsie B., who was born in Czernowitz, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine) in 1912. She recalls her father's death in World War I; two sisters' emigration to the United States; a brother's death in 1927; marriage in 1936; Soviet occupation; her daughter's birth in 1941; German invasion; living with a cousin to avoid deportation; traveling to Mogilev, then Luchenits; living with a Jewish woman for a year; her husband leaving for forced labor; hospitalization; insisting her daughter remain with her; liberation about eight months later; reunion with her husband; returning to Czernowitz; her husband hiding to avoid military draft; joining a Zionist organization; traveling to Rădăuți, then Bucharest; illegal emigration to Palestine; embarkation in Haifa; incarceration on Cyprus for almost a year; her second daughter's birth in 1948; her husband's death in 1955; emigration to the United States in 1958; and returning to Israel.
    Author/Creator
    B., Elsie, 1912-
    Published
    Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1988
    Interview Date
    May 25, 1988.
    Locale
    Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
    Austria
    Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
    Luchinets (Ukraine)
    Rădăuți (Romania)
    Bucharest (Romania)
    Cyprus
    Palestine
    Haifa (Israel)
    United States
    Cite As
    Elsie B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1228). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Weinstein, Bernard, 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., 38 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Postwar experiences.
    Mutual aid.
    Soviet occupation.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4294896
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:28:00
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