Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Joseph and Renata S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-583) interviewed by Livia Mallon and Kathy Strochlic,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-583

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Overview

    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Joseph S. who was born in Korolevka, Ukraine in 1910 and Renata S. who was born in Lwów, Poland in 1924. Mrs. S. recalls childhood; Soviet occupation; German occupation; round-ups; fleeing to Skala; her father's deportation; meeting her husband; and their marriage. Mr. S. relates his privileged status as the only dentist in Skala; hiding family members with a patient; hiding with his wife in the Borshchov ghetto; a German officer warning them of round-ups; the killing of eight hundred Jews; and the mass grave exploding months later from decaying bodies. Mr. and Mrs. S. discuss the Judenrat; bunkers; the last Aktion when the town was declared Judenrein; smuggling themselves to Hungary; incarceration in Máramarossziget; being freed because Mr. S. had a document from a Hungarian officer he had helped; moving to Budapest; obtaining false Christian papers; moving to a farm; the birth of their son; his baptism; and liberation by the Soviets. They describe moving to Vienna; emigration to the United States; adjustment difficulties; their daughter's birth; sadness and hate when recalling the deaths of so many children; the murder of their son several years ago, about which Mrs. S. wrote a poem; and her teaching about the Holocaust in the school where she works. Mrs. S. emphasizes suddenly feeling human again, upon arriving in Hungary, when she was no longer plagued by constant fear, hunger, lice, and filth.
    Author/Creator
    S., Joseph, 1910-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
    Interview Date
    May 6, 1985.
    Locale
    Ukraine
    Borshov
    Poland
    Lʹviv (Ukraine)
    Hungary
    Skala-Podilʹsʹka (Ukraine)
    Borshiv (Lʹvivsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine)
    Budapest (Hungary)
    Sighet (Romania)
    Vienna (Austria)
    Cite As
    Joseph and Renata S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-583). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Mallon, Livia, interviewer.
    Strochlic, Kathy, interviewer.

    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., 16 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Jews Ukraine Lʹviv.
    Hiding.
    Soviet occupation.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Bunkers.
    Mass killings.
    False papers.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/982290
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:45:00
    This page:
    http:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt982290

    Additional Resources

    Librarian View

    Download & Licensing

    • Terms of Use
    • This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.

    In-Person Research

    Request Access from Yale University Libraries

    Contact Us