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Musya V. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3143) interviewed by Taube Ruskin and Bernice Kazis,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3143

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Musya V., who was born in Brat︠s︡lav, Ukraine in 1927. She recalls finishing seventh grade; German invasion; Romanians organizing local police; the murder of Jewish hostages and others at the Bug River; ghettoization; forced labor; arrival of Jews from Bukovina and Bessarabia; shootings of many during transfer to Pechora; transfer to a camp in Brat︠s︡lav; escaping with aid from a Russian girl; the girl's father hiding her (he helped many Jews); her parents hiding nearby; being caught while visiting them; their incarceration in Pechora; and liberation by Soviet troops. Ms. V. tells stories of relatives and other Jews. She shows photographs.
Author/Creator: V., Musya, 1927-
Published: Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1993
Interview Date: October 15, 1993.
Locale: Brat︠s︡lav (Ukraine)
Ukraine
Southern Bug River (Ukraine)
Cite As: Musya V. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3143). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Ruskin, Taube, interviewer.
Kazis, Bernice, interviewer.
Notes: 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., 4 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Mass killings.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
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. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Forced labor. Escapes. Mothers and daughters. Fathers and daughters. Brat︠s︡lav (Ukraine) Ukraine. Southern Bug River (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) V., Musya,--1927- Peciora (Concentration camp)

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/4297156
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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