Oscar F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Oscar F., who was born in Zawalo?w, Poland to a family of seven children. He recounts Soviet occupation at the outbreak of war; German invasion in 1941; his oldest brother's draft into the Soviet army (they never saw him again); hiding with his brother to avoid round-ups; escaping to the woods with his brother after his family was taken into the ghetto; joining a group of Jews; digging bunkers in various locations; avoiding Ukrainian partisans who killed the Jews in hiding; liberation by Soviet troops in March 1944; traveling with Soviet troops to Buchach; fleeing with his brother to Skole; leaving to avoid being drafted; traveling to Austria; and emigrating to the United States in July 1949.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- F., Oscar.
Subjects
- Forests.
- Bunkers.
- Partisans.
- Postwar experiences.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Soviet occupation.
- Hiding.
Places
- Poland.
- ZawaloĚw (Poland)
- Buchach (Ukraine)
- Skole (Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat