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Nadia P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-534) interviewed by Dana L. Kline and Lucille B. Ritvo,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-534

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Nadia P., who was born in Vilna in 1902. She describes her childhood and family life before World War I; moving to New York City, where she lived from 1927 until 1937; life in Vilna upon her return; the outbreak of war in 1939; and life in the ghetto after 1941 and her work cleaning the houses of the SS. Mrs. P. tells of sending her children to the country to hide; her husband's work in the ghetto; aid from non-Jews; and liberation by the Russians. She recalls her feelings of displacement immediately after the war; her emigration to Israel; the death of her husband, and her hopes for the future.
Author/Creator: P., Nadia, 1902-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
Interview Date: February 28, 1985.
Locale: Lithuania
Vilnius
Poland
Vilnius (Lithuania)
New York (N.Y.)
Cite As: Nadia P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-534). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Ritvo, Lucille B.,
Notes: Additional written material is available in the repository.

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 (1 hr., 48 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Forced labor. Poland. Lithuania. Vilnius (Lithuania) Oral histories (document genres) New York (N.Y.) P., Nadia,--1902-

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/617032
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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