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Libby and Sidney G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-38) interviewed by Dori Laub, Laurel Vlock, and Dana L. Kline,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-38

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Libby G., who was born in Prilesnoye (Manevichi), Ukraine, in 1933, and her husband, Sidney G., who was born in Chrzanów, Poland, in 1927. Mrs. G. tells of the Russian and German occupations; her and her sister's flight into the woods prior to the town's ghettoization; and hiding with a family friend before joining the partisans. Mr. G. describes his childhood and religious upbringing; the German occupation; six months of forced labor in Langenbielau in 1939, after which he was sent home due to an injury; deportation to Gross-Rosen in 1943; the death march to Dachau and his experiences there; his liberation by the Americans; and his virtual adoption by an American G.I. Both speak of their meeting in a displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States; their children; and their differing attitudes towards relating their experiences.
Author/Creator: G., Libby, 1933-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: February 27, 1980.
Locale: Ukraine
Prylisne (Ukraine)
Poland
Chrzanów (Poland)
Cite As: Libby and Sidney G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-38). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Kline, Dana L., 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Notes: Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in.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 (2 hr., 28 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Forests.
Partisans.
Survivor-child relations.
Hiding.
Soviet occupation.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Men. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Forced labor. Husband and wife. Video tapes. Ukraine. Prylisne (Ukraine) Poland. Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. Death marches. Chrzanów (Poland) G., Libby,--1933- G., Sidney,--1927- Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp)

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/616930
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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