- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ralph F., who was born in Kabalnik, a small town 80 km. east of Vilna, Poland. Mr. F. tells of his Orthodox childhood and his education in both a cheder and a Polish primary school; the rapid increase of antisemitism; the egalitarianism of the Russian occupation; disappearances in the middle of the night; the German occupation; and the precautions which he took to avoid being rounded up and deported. He describes the acts of extreme barbarity and cruelty which he witnessed; antisemitic legislation; his narrow escape from the liquidation which took place on Yom Kippur, 1942; and hiding, with his mother, in a grain storage shed for five months. He recalls joining the partisans and recounts a number of interesting experiences which illustrate his precocity; his reunion with his parents in 1943; and his continued activities with the partisans until 1945, when he was drafted into the Russian army. He also speaks of his injury in a battle with a group of retreating Germans and his postwar move to Berlin with his parents.
- Author/Creator
- F., Ralph, 1930?-2017.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
- Interview Date
- February 23, 1980.
- Locale
- Poland
Soviet Union
Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Cite As
- Ralph F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-110). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
- Notes
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Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.
