Miriam S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2467
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Miriam S., who was born in Homel?, Belarus in 1921. She describes the family moves to Vies?intos and Paneve?z?ys; attending university in Kaunas; antisemitic incidents; Soviet occupation; German invasion; being hidden by a non-Jew during Lithuanian killings of Jews; ghettoization; slave labor digging ditches; avoiding a large selection in October 1941; learning of mass killings in the Ninth Fort; marriage; her husband trading their possessions for food outside the ghetto; a round-up of children; escaping with her husband; being hidden with a group of Jews by a farmer for nine months; liberation by Soviet troops; reunion with her sister; learning her parents had been killed; traveling to Milan in 1945 with assistance from the Jewish brigade; her son's birth; and emigrating to the United States in June 1950. Mrs. S. discusses the importance of help from non-Jews; reluctance to share her experiences with her children; the impact on her children and grandchildren of her overprotectiveness; and frequent trips to Lithuania to visit her sister.

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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