Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with David Levy

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.338 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0338

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

    Oral history interview with David Levy

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    David Levy discusses his childhood in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now in Serbia); his memories of the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941 by Nazi Germany; the reprisals against Jewish citizens for actions against German soldiers by the Yugoslavian underground; his mother's fear for his life and obtaining false papers for him; his escape toward the Italian border; being found and imprisoned by Italian troops in Italian-occupied Yugoslavia, where he remained in relative freedom for two years until the fall of Mussolini and the occupation of Yugoslavia by Nazi troops; his flight to Rome, Italy; finding refugee in a cloister in Vatican City; acting as a courier for the Swiss and Yugoslavian government; numerous narrow escapes from detection and arrest; the liberation of Rome by the United States Army in 1944; his successful application to be part of a group of refugees bound for the United States; his experiences on board the United States Army troop ship Henry Gibbins; the frequent attacks by German U-Boats during the voyage, and an encounter with Eleanor Roosevelt in an army camp hospital after his arrival in the United States; his life after the war; his education; his military service; and his family life.
    Interviewee
    David Levy
    Interviewer
    Evelyn Fielden
    Date
    interview:  1990 March 25
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Corporate Name
    Henry Gibbs (Ship)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with David Levy on March 25, 1990. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 2001.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:44:48
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn509580

    Additional Resources

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us