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Dina G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3527) interviewed by Erin Soriano,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3527

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Dina G., who was born in Odesa, Ukraine in 1919. She recalls constant poverty and hardships due to "five year plans"; the focus on education; all religions being forbidden; completing four of five years of medical school when Germany invaded in June 1941; fleeing east; strafing by German planes; living in Rastov for two months; traveling with her parents to the Chinese border; receiving a temporary diploma so she could practice medicine; military mobilization; training in Moscow; participating in the battle of Stalingrad; working as a front line surgeon; meeting her future husband in Berlin; realizing, after the war, that almost all the Jews were gone; her daughter's birth; her husband's death from war wounds; living with her parents in Odesa; pervasive antisemitism; emigrating to Canada after her daughter's education was completed in 1977; and participating in Jewish organizations and study groups. Dr. G. shows photographs.
Author/Creator: G., Dina, 1919-
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1995
Interview Date: October 24, 1995.
Locale: Odesa (Ukraine)
Ukraine
Rastov (Ukraine)
Moscow (Russia)
Cite As: Dina G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3527). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Soriano, Erin, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 44 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Soviet. Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943--Personal narrative. Odesa (Ukraine) Ukraine. Rastov (Ukraine) Moscow (Russia) Oral histories (document genres) G., Dina,--1919-

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/4298205
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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