Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Samuel O., who was born in Gorlice, Poland, in 1930. He recalls the death of his mother early in his youth and being raised, as a result, by both sets of grandparents; his first awareness of antisemitism; German occupation; his transfer to the Bobowa ghetto and conditions there; and the liquidation of the ghetto in August, 1942, which he was able to escape. He tells of assuming the false identity of a farm worker; being taken in by a Polish family, with whom he remained until the end of the war; and his sustaining friendship throughout this time with a non-Jewish woman. Mr. O. remembers the liberation and relates his inability to reveal his true identity to his Polish guardians even after the war. He also discusses a recent visit to Poland and the values that he, as a college professor, attempts to communicate to his students.
- Published
- Northridge, Calif. : Child Survivor Archive at California State University, Northridge, 1984
- Interview Date
- December 4, 1984.
- Locale
- Poland
Bobowa
Gorlice (Poland)
Bobowa (Poland) - Cite As
- Samuel O. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-314). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 1 copy: 1/2 in. VHS.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 35 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- False papers.
Aid by non-Jews.
Child survivors. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Bobowa. Foster parents. Poland. Gorlice (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) Bobowa (Poland) O., Samuel,--1930-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/616987
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616987
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