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Oral history interview with Elena Sobchenko

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.595.2 | RG Number: RG-50.575.0002

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    Oral history interview with Elena Sobchenko

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Elena Sobchenko, born in Ukraine, describes the beginning of the war in Odessa; Romanian soldiers and their uniforms; her fear of German soldiers as a result of stories about German troops; how her family provided food for Romanian soldiers; seeing a group of people whom she thought were Jews taken to the outskirts of Odessa by Romanian soldiers; a Romanian soldier’s attempt to force her and her friend to join the procession of Jews; another group of people whom she thought were Jews passing by the windows of her family’s house, escorted by soldiers; and the sight of two men who were hanged near the railway station.
    Interviewee
    Elena Sobchenko
    Date
    interview:  2005 July 26
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Ukrainian
    Extent
    1 videocassette (MiniDV).

    Rights & Restrictions

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

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Sobchenko, Elena.
    Corporate Name
    Romania. Armed Forces

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in March 2006.
    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 09:00:55
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