Yetta G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2297
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Yetta G., who was born in Poland in 1924, the youngest of ten children. She recounts her father and one brother were butchers; attending cheder; German invasion; hiding with a sister and two brothers in a hole they dug under the floor; her parents being taken (she never saw them again); escaping to the forest; hiding for over three years with a Polish farmer who knew her brother and father; occasionally hiding in the forest when Germans were near; liberation by Soviet troops; her brothers' draft into the Soviet military; marriage; traveling to Che?m, then ?o?dz?; learning one of her brothers was in Israel; moving to Florence, Italy; her son's birth; her sister's emigration to the United States; and joining her in 1950. Ms. G. notes sharing her story with her children.

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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