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Kochevit P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-85) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-85

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Kochevit P., who was born in Kraków, Poland in 1931. She tells of her family's move to her grandmother's farm outside Kraków after the first Aktion in 1942; the murder of her mother and brother in 1942, which she witnessed from a neighbor's cellar; hiding with a Polish family in Warsaw from 1942 until the end of 1944; and her adoption by a group of nuns, who, thinking she was Catholic, placed her in a convent where she remained until the end of the war. She discusses her awareness of being Jewish and of the need to hide that fact; her postwar reunion with an aunt; and her emigration to Israel, where she was taken to a children's farm. Mrs. P. also speaks of her marriage and of the special relationship she has with her eldest daughter.
Author/Creator: P., Kochevit, 1931-
Published: Tel Aviv, Israel : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979
Interview Date: November 5, 1979.
Locale: Poland
Kraków (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Cite As: Kochevit P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-85). 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Notes: Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in.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 (25 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Convents. Poland. Kraków (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) P., Kochevit,--1931-

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/616926
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616926

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