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Ester D. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3778)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3778

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Ester D., who was born in Greece, in 1935, the third child of six. She recounts living in Zakynthos; cordial relations with non-Jews; a brother's death from illness; benign Italian occupation; moving to a nearby village with her father; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; delivering messages for the partisans; Greek neighbors protecting them from round-ups; public hangings of partisans; non-Jews warning them when Germans were approaching and locking themselves inside; liberation by partisans; moving to Athens for six months; illegal emigration by ship to Palestine; interdiction by the British; incarceration on Cyprus; her mother's transfer to ʻAtlit because she was pregnant; arrival in Palestine; joining her mother; and postwar visits to Greece. Ms. D. notes all the Jews of Zakynthos were saved due to Greek and partisan assistance and she shows photographs.
Author/Creator: D., Ester, 1935-
Published: Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1995
Interview Date: April 23, 1995.
Locale: Greece
Zakynthos (Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Palestine
Cyprus
ʻAtlit (Israel)
Cite As: Ester D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3778). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Notes: This testimony is in Hebrew.

Physical Details

Language: Hebrew
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr., 41 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Italian occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Partisans.
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. Jewish children in the Holocaust. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Greece. Greece. Zakynthos (Greece) Athens (Greece) Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Cyprus. ʻAtlit (Israel) Oral histories (document genres) D., Ester,--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/4366877
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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