Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Susan S., who was born in Zalishchyky, Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1923, one of three children. She recounts attending public school; antisemitic harassment; Soviet occupation; attending business school in another town; German invasion; returning home; hiding with her family during a mass killing; deportation to the Tolstoye ghetto in September 1942; forced labor in the fields; meeting her future husband, Paul S.; escaping a mass shooting with Paul S., in which her parents and nine-year-old sister were killed; hiding with Paul S., his brother, and others; Ukrainian partisans killing Paul S.'s brother; a friend's capture and torture; being hidden by a Polish farm family; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Chernivt︠s︡i ; their marriage; returning to Poland; traveling to Windsheim displaced persons camp; her son's birth in 1946; and emigration to the United States in 1949, where her uncle and brother lived. Ms. S. discusses sharing her experiences with her son.
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
- Interview Date
- December 1, 1987.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Tovste (Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ)
Poland
Zalishchyky (Ukraine)
Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) - Cite As
- Susan S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1234). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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Related material: Paul S. Holocaust testimony [husband](HVT-1236), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (57 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Soviet occupation.
Mass killings.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Tovste (Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ) Husband and wife. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Ukraine. Refugee camps. Poland. Zalishchyky (Ukraine) Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) S., Susan,--1923-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/4294909
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294909
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