Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Shirley W., who was born in Poland circa 1924. She tells of the German occupation and describes the massacres of Jews which followed. Her mother, grandmother, and older sister were killed during this time. Mrs. W. explains that by hiding in a bunker, she, her father, and her younger sister were able to avoid deportation from the ghetto to which they were confined. She relates their experiences in hiding, first in the countryside surrounding the ghetto, and later in the forest where they lived with the partisans. Mrs. W. also mentions spending four years after the war in Germany, where she married another survivor, and where her son was born; and her emigration to the United States.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
- Interview Date
- February 16, 1980.
- Locale
- Poland
- Cite As
- Shirley W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-23). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
-
Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.
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 (56 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Partisans.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews. - Subjects
- Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Holocaust survivors. Jewish ghettos. Poland. Oral histories (document genres) W., Shirley,--1924-
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/616777
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616777
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