Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Olga Moseyevna Svetlichnaya

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1287.35 | RG Number: RG-50.226.0035

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 Olga Moseyevna Svetlichnaya

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Olga Moseyevna Svetlichnaya, born in 1910 in Bobrinets (Bobrynets'), Ukraine, discusses her early family life; moving into a children's home in Bobrinets; moving to Kiev, Ukraine to study; her marriage to a Ukrainian man; moving to Zaporozhye (Zaporizhzhia), Ukraine; the birth of her son; moving back to Kiev; the beginning of the war in Kiev; staying with friends in Kiev until the Germans entered the city; witnessing thousands of Jews being sent to Babi Yar; obtaining Russian documents from her friends so that she could live in Kiev like any other Ukrainian or Russian person; earning money making patties; housing a woman named Petrushko who was a member of the Kiev underground; her apartment becoming a secret place for the Kiev underground organization; being captured by the Germans but escaping after a week; being liberated by the Russians; her husband spending time in a hospital during the war because his plane crashed; and her post-war family life.
    Interviewee
    Olga M. Svetlichnaya
    Date
    interview:  1994 August 01
    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..

    Rights & Restrictions

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

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Olga Moseyevna Svetlichnaya in Ukraine on August 1, 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.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:22:23
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn511942

    Additional Resources

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us