- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Tzvi K., who was born in Jazłowiec, Poland (presently Pomortsy, Ukraine) in 1929. He recalls younger twin siblings; attending Polish school and cheder; antisemitic harassment; Soviet occupation in 1939; German invasion; forced evacuation to Zolotyy Potik; returning home a few months later; his father's death from typhus; ghettoization in Buchach; forced labor in Borki Wielkic; escaping; returning to Buchach; escaping to the forest in a group, including his mother and siblings; separation from his mother and brother; hiding in a village; returning to Buchach; learning everyone else in their group had been shot; retrieving the corpses, including his mother and brother; hiding in a bunker during a mass killing; moving to Tluste (presently Tovste) with his sister; slave labor at a farm; hearing shooting from a mass killing that included his sister; assistance from a German overseer; escaping another mass killing; liberation by Soviet troops; being wounded in a German attack; transfer to Chortkiv; living in an orphanage for several weeks; traveling to Gliwice with assistance from the Jewish brigade; transfer to Föhrenwald displaced persons camp; emigration to Palestine via Marseille in 1947; interdiction by the British; incarceration on Cyprus for one year; and marriage to a survivor in 1955. Mr. K. discusses the impact of his experiences on raising his children, and recently visiting Ukraine with his daughter.
- Author/Creator
- K., Tzvi, 1929-
- Published
- Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2000
- Interview Date
- November 2, 2000 and November 9, 2000.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Buchach
Poland
Pomortsy (Ukraine)
Zolotyĭ Potik (Ukraine)
Buchach (Ukraine)
Tovste (Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
Chortkiv (Ukraine)
Gliwice (Poland)
Marseille (France)
Palestine
Cyprus
- Cite As
- Tzvi K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4182). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Hebrew.
