Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Mikhael K., who was born in Rokitnoye, Ukraine in 1925. He recalls Soviet antisemitism prior to the war; evacuating with his family to Kazakhstan after the German bombing of Kiev in June 1941; his brother's service in the Soviet military (he was killed in 1942); starvation conditions while working on a collective farm; entering the Soviet military at the end of 1942; serving at the front; being wounded in March 1944; a six-month recovery; gradually learning of the destruction of Jews; joining his family in Kazakhstan; their return to Rokitnoye in October 1944; entering university; increased antisemitism; marriage in 1950; moving frequently; his first wife's death in 1970; remarriage; emigration to Israel in 1980 (his children went to the United States); and joining them in 1985. Mr. K. discusses continuing antisemitism in Ukraine and the Soviet policy of ignoring Jewish losses during the Holocaust.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- December 16, 1991.
- Locale
- Rokytne (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
Ukraine
Kazakhstan - Cite As
- Mikhael K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1924). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Russian.
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 18 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Soviet. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Rokytne (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) Ukraine. Kazakhstan. Oral histories (document genres) K., Mikhael,--1925-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296333
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:29:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4296333
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