Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Levana O., who was born in Iași, Romania in 1931. She recalls expulsion from Catholic school due to anti-Jewish laws; arrival of German troops prior to Soviet invasion in 1941; a round-up by German and Romanian soldiers; release of the women and children; returning home with her mother (she never saw her father again); hearing shooting; seeing corpses loaded onto trucks the next day; continuing to attend school; moving to Bucharest with her mother in winter 1942/1943; returning to Iași that spring; attending high school; returning to Bucharest in 1944; liberation by Soviet troops; meeting her future husband through Hashomer Hatzair; embarking on an illegal ship to Palestine from Burgas; interception by the British; incarceration on Cyprus with her mother and uncle; arriving in Haifa; living on a kibbutz; and air raids during the Israel-Arab War. Mrs. O. discusses starting "to cry very late in life," particularly for her father, and being unaware of events elsewhere during the war. She shows photographs.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1998
- Interview Date
- July 28, 1998.
- Locale
- Romania
Iași (Romania)
Bucharest (Romania)
Burgas (Bulgaria)
Cyprus
Palestine
Haifa (Israel) - Cite As
- Levana O. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3768). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: Betacam SP master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 32 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Mass killings.
Postwar effects.
Zionist organizations.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949--Personal narratives. Mothers and daughters. Romania. Iași (Romania) Bucharest (Romania) Burgas (Bulgaria) Cyprus. Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Haifa (Israel) Oral histories (document genres) O., Levana,--1931- World Hashomer Hatzair.
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/4320366
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4320366
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