Janet B. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Janet B., who was born in Berlin in 1935 of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father. Mrs. B. details her childhood memories of antisemitism; the divorce of her parents so her father could join the German army; and her friendship with a German boy with whom she went places where Jews were not allowed. She tells of her and her mother's arrest following the death of her father on the Russian front; her brief return home for provisions, enabling her to destroy possessions and leave a bucket of urine and excrement to be tripped over by anyone who entered the apartment to loot it; and her unusual trip to Theresienstadt. She describes life in Theresienstadt; the improvement of conditions during a Red Cross visit; her and her mother's liberation and return to Berlin; and her reunion with her German friend. She relates her unhappy stays in various rest homes; her and her mother's emigration to the United States in 1946; and her adjustment to her new life. Mrs. B. also describes her participation in the Precious Legacy exhibit and the revival of memories, not previously awakened by a visit, when viewing a German propaganda film about Theresienstadt.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)