Budow, Sara
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sara Budow
Sara Budow (release name)
Budow (current name)
(last name during war)
Sore (Hebrew name)
Sore Chaske Susterite (maiden name)
Sara Budova (other name)
Sara Susteryte (other name)
Susterite (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/9/1933
City of Birth Birzai (Lithuania)
Country of Birth Lithuania
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) USSR
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation USSR
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
orphanages and children's homes
State of Interview São Paulo
Country of Interview Brazil
Language(s) of Interview Portuguese
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 19578
Werchol, Gita
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Gita Werchol
Gita Werchol (release name)
Werchol (current name)
Gita Lipshitz (name at birth)
Shapiro (last name during war)
Gittale (nickname)
Shapiro (false name)
Bella Shapiro (false name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6/6/1924
City of Birth Birzai (Lithuania)
Country of Birth Lithuania
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Riga-Dunawerke (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Riga-Kaiserwald (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Thorn (Torun, Pomorze, Poland : Concentration Camp)
Riga-Strasdenhof (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Type of hiding place houses
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Poland
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
escapes during transfers
State of Interview MA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 28731