Alexander G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Alexander G., who was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine in 1933. He recalls German invasion prior to entering first grade; his father's draft; an unsuccessful attempt to evacuate east with his mother, sister, and grandmother; ghettoization in a tractor factory; mass killings in Drobitsky Yar; escaping with his mother, sister, and grandmother, with assistance from a German guard; hiding with assistance from their non-Jewish neighbors; fleeing to Bilhorod with his mother and sister, with assistance from his cousin; his mother acquiring false papers; arrest with his mother in Borisovka; their transfer to a prison in Gayvoron, then to a labor camp near Borisovka; retreating with Soviet troops after a brief liberation; and returning to Kharkiv in 1944. Mr. G. describes reunion with his father, and his postwar experiences.
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
People
- G., Alexander, -- 1933-
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Jews -- Ukraine -- Kharkiv.
- Escapes.
- Jewish ghettos.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Mutual aid.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Mass killings.
- Child survivors.
- Drobitsky Yar Massacre, Ukraine, 1942.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Mothers and sons.
- Postwar experiences.
- False papers.
Places
- Borisovka (Ukraine)
- Gayvoron (Ukraine)
- Bilhorod-DnistrovsĘškyĚ (Ukraine)
- Kharkiv (Ukraine)
- Ukraine.
- Kharkiv ghetto.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat