Naoimi W. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 4488
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Naomi W., who was born in Volodymyr-Volynsʹkyĭ, Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1933, the elder of two sisters. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; attending kindergarten; Soviet occupation in 1939; German invasion in 1941; ghettoization; mass shootings of Jews in September 1942; hiding with her family for about two weeks; placement in another ghetto; hiding with a non-Jew in a nearby village; escaping when the village was bombed and burned in winter 1944; her sister being shot; her parents and uncles finding shelter for them in other villages; Soviet liberation in July 1944; returning to their town; attending school; moving several times; living in a displaced persons camp in Salzburg; emigration with her family to the United States in 1950; attending school; marriage to a Polish survivor; and the births of two children. Ms. W. shows photographs.

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.

Note(s)

  • 00:45:53

  • Mahwah, N.J. :

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Corporate Bodies

  • Salzburg (refugee camp)

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • World War 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Women
  • Video tapes.
  • Poland.
  • Sisters.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Fathers and daughters.
  • Families
  • Jews -- Ukraine -- Volodymyr-Volynsʹkyĭ.
  • Mothers and daughters.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Jewish ghettos.

Places

  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Mass killings.
  • Hiding.
  • Child survivors.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Volodymyr-Volynsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
  • Volodymyr-Volynsʹkyĭ ghetto.
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