Sophie K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4102) interviewed by Zelda Kaplan and Harriet Tarnor Wacks,
Videotape testimony of Sophie K., who was born in Bursztyn, Poland (presently Ukraine), the second youngest of seven children. She recounts her mother's death when she was three; her father's death shortly before German invasion; forced labor; transfer to Bukachevtsy; her siblings and their families being deported or killed; transfer to Rohatyn; escaping by swimming across a river; a Polish couple informing her there were Jews in the woods; finding a man she knew (he was killed soon after), then her cousin; digging and living in a bunker; receiving food from a nearby farmer; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; marriage; traveling to Vienna; living in a displaced persons camp in Salzburg; hearing from two half brothers (from her father's earlier marriage) in the United States; emigration to join them in 1949; and her daughter's birth. Ms. K. notes her daughter was not interested in her experiences, but recently asked about them. She shows photographs.
- Published
- Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 2001
- Interview Date
- January 31, 2001.
- Locale
- Burshtyn (Ukraine)
Poland
Bukachivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Rohatyn (Ukraine)
Vienna (Austria) - Language
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English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Cite As
- Sophie K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4102). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4789721
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