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Samuel O. Holocaust testimony (HVT-314) interviewed by Sarah Moskovitz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-314

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.
Author/Creator: O., Samuel, 1930-
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.
Other Authors/Editors: Moskovitz, Sarah, interviewer.

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: 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/616987
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616987

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