Galina K. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Galina K., who was born in Pyatigory, Ukraine in 1923. She recalls her family's move to Munus (Crimea) during the famine; returning to Pyatigory in 1935; celebrating Jewish holidays; cordial relations with non-Jews; graduating from high school in June 1941; German invasion; encountering Germans while fleeing east with her parents; returning home; her father's draft into the Soviet army; Germans killing her brother and uncle in front of them; burying them with assistance from non-Jews; forced labor; imprisonment in Zhashkov in spring 1942; a forced march to Buki; slave labor in a quarry in Antonovka; receiving food from her mother; working with no shoes in winter from which she still suffers; shooting of her mother when she could no longer work; saving her sister from a mass shooting; becoming ill; receiving food from her sister; their liberation by partisans; traveling to Bespechna; assistance from a Ukrainian woman and partisans; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Pyatigory in March 1944; validating her identity with her Komsomol card; and reunion with her father in 1946. Mrs. K. notes difficulty sharing her experiences with anyone, even her father.

3 videocassettes