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Hanoch V. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3868)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3868

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Hanoch V., who was born in Vilna, Poland (presently Vilnius, Lithuania) in 1920, the oldest of five children. He recounts attending a Jewish school; antisemitic harassment; working in a leather store; active participation in Hashomer Hatzair (Abba Kovner was his group's leader); Lithuanian independence; fleeing briefly to relatives in Lida and Maladzechna; returning home; German invasion; killing of Jews; fleeing to Ashmi︠a︡ny; returning when he was caught; ghettoization; forced labor in a dairy factory; smuggling food; obtaining a pistol; participating in the organized resistance; contacts with Yiżḣak Wittenberg; hiding in a bunker with his family for two months; discovery; escape to the forest; joining the partisans; battles with Germans and the Armia Krajowa; executing captured German soldiers; cooperating with Soviet partisans; liberation by Soviet troops; assignment to locate war criminals in Kaliningrad; returning home; marriage; the births of two daughters; and emigration to Israel in 1957. Mr. V. notes revenge was one of his motivations in the partisans and postwar period.
    Author/Creator
    V., Hanoch, 1920-
    Published
    Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1996
    Interview Date
    November 8, 1996.
    Locale
    Lithuania
    Vilnius
    Poland
    Vilnius (Lithuania)
    Lida (Belarus)
    Maladzechna (Belarus)
    Ashmi︠a︡ny (Belarus)
    Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
    Cite As
    Hanoch V. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3868). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Notes
    This testimony is in Hebrew.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Copies
    2 copies: Betacam SP master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 59 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Soviet occupation.
    Bunkers.
    Hiding.
    Partisans.
    Forests.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4467116
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:25:00
    This page:
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