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Oral history interview with anonymous interviewee

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.144 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0144

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    Oral history interview with anonymous interviewee
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    Interview Summary
    The interviewee, born in 1926 in Belitsa, discusses studying in Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania) before the war; blending in while in Vilna due to her blonde hair; the happiness of being under Soviet control with the invasion; the stealing of property by Soviets; her marriage in 1940 and having a daughter; her husband being taken to the Russian Army; the Germans burning the town as they advanced in 1941; deciding to run to Zetl (Dziatlava, Belarus), a nearby town; the second action in Zetl; going to Dvorets (Dvarets); being in charge of a group of 25 women who had to build a railroad; managing to escape the labor camp and live in the houses and attics of various people; eventually entering the forest and meeting up with partisans; living in a camp near the partisans and having to find food by themselves; the tragic liberation and not knowing where to go or where to return living in Łódź, Poland, for a while and then ended up in the Wittenau displaced persons camp before immigrating to Palestine; her adaptation to life in Israel; and her feelings about the Holocaust and losing her family members.
    Interviewee
    Anonymous
    Date
    interview:  1993 May 06
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Extent
    4 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    Restrictions on access. Interview is viewable onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum only.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with anonymous interviewee in Israel on May 6, 1993, for the Israel Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview by transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. in February 1995.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2022-07-28 19:53:20
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