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Olga S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-88) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-88

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Olga S., who was born in Vilna, Poland. She describes her prewar life in Vilna; life under the Russian occupation from 1939 to 1941; and the German occupation, including anti-Jewish legislation, ghettoization, the massacre at Ponary, and deportations. She also relates her wartime experiences of hiding in a convent and on a farm; smuggling herself back into the ghetto when she faced danger on the Aryan side; working in a labor camp with false papers; and hiding in a bunker with her father and other Jews, where she remained until her liberation by the Russians.
Author/Creator: S., Olga.
Published: Tel Aviv, Israel : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979
Interview Date: November 5, 1979.
Locale: Lithuania
Vilnius
Poland
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Cite As: Olga S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-88). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Notes: Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in.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 (1 hr.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Soviet occupation.
Hiding.
False papers.
Mass killings.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Paneriai Massacres, Paneriai, Lithuania, 1941-1944. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius. Holocaust survivors. Convents. Jewish ghettos. Poland. Oral histories (document genres) Vilnius (Lithuania) S., Olga.

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/616794
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616794

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