Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Lisa R., who was born in Nowogródek, Poland (presently Navahrudak, Belarus) in 1930, one of four children. She recounts her family's affluence; attending private school and summer camp; Soviet occupation; German invasion in July 1941; a mass killing of fifty Jews; a round-up for a mass shooting that included her sister in December 1941; ghettoization; forced labor; her mother receiving bread from their former maid; a mass shooting in May 1943 that included her mother; a group, including her brother, digging an escape tunnel; her brother leading the group out of the tunnel (he was killed); escaping with her father and sister; meeting partisans when hiding in the forest; staying with them until liberation by Soviet troops; living in a displaced persons camp in Italy for three years; moving to a kibbutz in Rome; and emigration with her father and sister to the United States, with assistance from HIAS. Ms. R. discusses pervasive painful memories and sharing her experiences with her children.
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
- Interview Date
- December 17, 1987.
- Locale
- Belarus
Navahrudak
Poland
Navahrudak (Belarus)
Rome (Italy) - Cite As
- Lisa R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1244). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (57 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Soviet occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Partisans.
Mass killings.
Hiding.
Bunkers.
Forests.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Survivor-child relations. - 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--Belarus--Navahrudak. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Fathers and daughters. Brothers and sisters. Sisters. Forced labor. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belarus. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Refugee camps. Poland. Navahrudak (Belarus) Rome (Italy) Oral histories (document genres) R., Lisa,--1930- HIAS (Agency)
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/4294932
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294932
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