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Dina O. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4145) interviewed by Abraham Huberman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4145

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Dina O., who was born in Białystok, Poland in 1932. She recounts attending a Jewish school; emigration of many relatives to Argentina; German invasion; her father fleeing to Vilnius; Soviet occupation; her mother organizing three unsuccessful attempts to smuggle them to Vilnius; a month in a Soviet jail with her mother and sister during one attempt; reaching Vilnius in June 1940; reunion with her father; obtaining visas for Argentina; acquiring transit visas from the Japanese consul; a month in Moscow; traveling to Vladivostok in March 1941; a month stay in Kōbe, Japan; the seventy-two day sea journey to Buenos Aires; reunion with relatives; and completing architectural training in 1957. Her sister joins her briefly but notes few memories since she was only five. Ms. O. shows documents and photographs.
Author/Creator: O., Dina, 1932-
Published: Buenos Aires, Argentina : Fundacion "Memoria del Holocausto", 2000
Interview Date: August 16, 2000.
Locale: Poland
Białystok (Poland)
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Moscow (Russia)
Vladivostok (Russia)
Kōbe-shi (Japan)
Cite As: Dina O. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4145). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Huberman, Abraham, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Spanish.

Physical Details

Language: Spanish
Copies: 2 copies: Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 9 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Soviet occupation.
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--Prisoners and prisons, Soviet. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Mothers and daughters. Sisters. Poland. Białystok (Poland) Vilnius (Lithuania) Moscow (Russia) Vladivostok (Russia) Kōbe-shi (Japan) Oral histories (document genres) O., Dina,--1932-

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/4847646
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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