Shelley Z. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1773
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Shelley Z., who was born in Zboriv, Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1935. He recalls Soviet occupation; German invasion; anti-Jewish violence and round-ups; ghettoization; crowding, starvation, and disease; his father's contacts with a non-Jew while working outside the ghetto; being smuggled out with help from his father's contact; hiding with his parents and brother in the contact's attic; fleeing to the woods when their hiding place was discovered; returning since there were no other options; their contact and his brother digging a hole for them in his cellar; hiding there with two others; their rescuer offering encouragement and bringing them food; his father telling stories to "keep us sane"; pleasure at hearing Soviet artillery; having no food or water when Germans hid in the cellar; and liberation by Soviet troops.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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

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