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Schifre Z. Holocaust testimony (HVT-11) interviewed by Dori Laub and Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-11

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Schifre Z., who was born in Dolhinow, near Vilna, Poland, in 1929. Using vivid and poetic language, and taking care to name the Polish non-Jews who helped her and her family, Mrs. Z. describes her prewar childhood; the German occupation of her town; forced labor; the suffering of her brother at the hands of the Nazis; the liquidation and burning of her town while she hid in a nearby village, and what she saw when she returned; and hiding with her family, first in the attics of the house and barn of sympathetic non-Jews, and later, when this became unsafe, in the forest, where she and her family remained until liberation. She also reflects on the continuing presence of wartime memories, her religious beliefs, and her attitude towards others.
Author/Creator: Z., Schifre, 1929-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979
Interview Date: August 24, 1979.
Locale: Poland
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Daŭhinava (Minskai︠a︡ voblastsʹ, Belarus)
Cite As: Schifre Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-11). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 18 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Child survivors.
Subjects: Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Video tapes. Holocaust survivors. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Poland. Oral histories (document genres) Vilnius (Lithuania) Daŭhinava (Minskai︠a︡ voblastsʹ, Belarus) Z., Schifre,--1929-

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/616210
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616210

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