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Varda H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-90) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-90

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Varda H., who was born in Czernowitz in 1915. At the time of the German occupation Mrs. H. and her husband were in the Ukrainian town of Kamenet︠s︡-Podolʹskiĭ. She describes the massacre of the Jews in Kamenet︠s︡-Podolʹskiĭ; the difficulties she and her husband encountered in making their way back to Czernowitz; the ghettoization of Czernowitz, where Mrs. H. remained for the next three years, witnessing frequent deportations; and her postwar life in Israel. As Mrs. H. had difficulty expressing herself in English, the interview was ended after twenty-six minutes.
Author/Creator: H., Varda, 1915-
Published: Jerusalem, Israel : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979
Interview Date: April 11, 1979.
Locale: Ukraine
Chernivt︠s︡i.
Romania
Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Kam'i︠a︡net︠s︡ʹ-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
Cite As: Varda H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-90). 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Notes: Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in.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 (26 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mass killings.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Holocaust survivors. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Chernivt︠s︡i. Romania. Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) Kam'i︠a︡net︠s︡ʹ-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) H., Varda,--1915-

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/616795
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616795

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