Norbert S. and Edward S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-840) [videorecording] / interviewed by Dana L. Kline and Susan Millen, April 22, 1987.

New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1987.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 2 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Norbert S., who was born in Lwów, Poland, in 1922, and is accompanied by his friend Edward S. They describe meeting in mid-1942, when Norbert helped Edward get a job and lodging in the Lʹvov ghetto; forging work permits; round-ups and selections at Janowska; and a Soviet bombing raid on Lʹvov. Edward recounts escape from the ghetto dressed as a German soldier; jumping from a train because he feared recognition; and the liberation of Buchenwald in 1945. Norbert recalls his escape; finding refuge with a young Ukrainian woman; and his honor and joy in returning to Lʹvov as a Soviet liberator. They discuss their attitudes toward the German, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian people; their chance reunion in America in 1952; and their subsequent reliance on each other for psychological and emotional support.

June 01, 2002

Norbert S. and Edward S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-840). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Norbert S. and Edward S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-840). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)