Sonia D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Sonia D., who was born in Gorokhov, Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1925. She recalls a pleasant and observant Jewish environment; Soviet occupation; German invasion in 1941; the hardships of anti-Jewish regulations; forced relocation to the Senkevichevka ghetto; trying to obtain food for her family outside of the ghetto; working in four forced labor camps; escaping to the ghetto; separation from her sister (she never saw her again) while hiding during a round-up; receiving help from a village farm wife; finding her mother; and separating because they could not hide together. Mrs. D. tells of a Ukrainian who supplied her and a friend (her future husband) with false papers; receiving assistance from Seventh Day Adventists; working on a farm under Soviet partisan protection; liberation by Soviet troops; finding her mother; moving to Lut?s??k; marriage in 1945; traveling to Germany with a Berih?ah group; living in the Leipheim displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States in 1947; and her subsequent life.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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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
- D., Sonia, -- 1925-
Corporate Bodies
- Beriḥah (Organization)
- Leipheim (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Soviet occupation.
- Refugee camps.
- Escapes.
- Jews -- Ukraine -- Senkevichevka.
- Forced labor.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- False papers.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Partisans.
- Hiding.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Senkevichevka (Ukraine)
- Lut︠s︡ʹk (Ukraine)
- Senkevichevka ghetto.
- Gorokhov (Ukraine)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat