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Oral history interview with Yelizavyeta Karper

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1287.14 | RG Number: RG-50.226.0014

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    Oral history interview with Yelizavyeta Karper

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    Interview Summary
    Yelizavyeta Karper, born in 1921 in the town of Zvenigorodka (Zvenyhorodka), Ukraine, discusses her early family life; working as a teacher in Yurkovka (IUrkivka); the Germans arriving in Zvenigorodka on July 29, 1941; the Ukrainian nationalist group of Zvenigorodka; the establishment of the ghetto in Zvenigorodka; the camp in Zvenigorodka and the Germans killing people from the camp; working in the forest on August 23, 1943; escaping from the forest and meeting a man named Boria Pintar; approaching Pochapintsy, Ukraine on August 24, 1943; her plans to travel toward Kiev, Ukraine; the arrival of the Russians; reuniting with her mother and sister; returning to Zvenigorodka; her marriage in 1947; working as a teacher for forty years; and her post-war trauma.
    Interviewee
    Yelizavyeta Karper
    Date
    interview:  1994 August
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Yelizavyeta Kerper in Ukraine in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in March 1995.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    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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    2023-11-16 08:22:15
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