Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Sabina S., who was born in Zawałow, Poland (today Zavalov, Ukraine), in 1931. Mrs. S. recalls her family being attacked by Ukrainians; seeing German soldiers who "killed with white gloves on"; ghettoization in Podhajce; hiding during Aktions; and posing as a boy to escape with her parents while digging graves in 1942. She recounts the taking of her younger sister and grandparents (who had remained behind in the ghetto); hiding in the woods with others in bunkers; assistance received from a Ukrainian family; liberation by Soviet troops in 1944; return to Podhajce; escape to Austria; living at the Bindermichl displaced persons camp; and emigration to America in 1949. She reflects on her childhood conviction that she would survive; the influence of her Ukrainian rescuers' religious devotion on her own faith; incidents which remind her of these experiences; telling her children about the past; her lack of bitterness toward Germans, Ukrainians, and Poles; and her husband's (himself a survivor) and her reliance on their experiences for perspective on present everyday problems.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
- Interview Date
- November 3, 1985.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Pidhaĭt︠s︡i.
Poland
Pidhaĭt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Zawalów (Poland)
Zavalov (Ukraine) - Cite As
- Sabina S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-623). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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 (56 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Aid by non-Jews.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Bunkers.
Forests.
Hiding.
Mutual aid.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Faith. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Ukraine--Pidhaĭt︠s︡i. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Poland. Pidhaĭt︠s︡i (Ukraine) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. Zawalów (Poland) Zavalov (Ukraine) S., Sabina,--1931-
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/982251
- Record last modified:
- 2018-03-06 14:10:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt982251
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