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Shelley Z. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1773) interviewed by Michael Alpert,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1773

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Shelley Z., who was born in Zboriv, Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1935. He recalls Soviet occupation; German invasion; anti-Jewish violence and round-ups; ghettoization; crowding, starvation, and disease; his father's contacts with a non-Jew while working outside the ghetto; being smuggled out with help from his father's contact; hiding with his parents and brother in the contact's attic; fleeing to the woods when their hiding place was discovered; returning since there were no other options; their contact and his brother digging a hole for them in his cellar; hiding there with two others; their rescuer offering encouragement and bringing them food; his father telling stories to "keep us sane"; pleasure at hearing Soviet artillery; having no food or water when Germans hid in the cellar; and liberation by Soviet troops.
Author/Creator: Z., Shelley, 1935-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
Interview Date: November 28, 1990.
Locale: Ukraine
Zboriv
Poland
Zboriv (Ukraine)
Cite As: Shelley Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1773). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Alpert, Michael, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (50 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Soviet occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Mutual aid.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Zboriv. Escapes. Fathers and sons. Brothers. Mothers and sons. Poland. Zboriv (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) Z., Shelley,--1935-

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/4296121
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:42:00
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