Eva L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Eva L., who was born in approximately 1913. She recounts living in Berlin; her father's death in World War I; training as an analytic chemist; not finding employment in her field due to antisemitism; her sister's emigration to Palestine; the impact of the Nuremberg laws; her mother's visit to her sister in 1936; marriage in March 1938; her husband's emigration to Shanghai; visiting her sister briefly in Haifa; emigrating to Shanghai via Marseille (her mother remained in Germany); her husband's economic success; her daughter's birth in 1939; Japanese occupation in 1941; ghettoization in 1943; sending packages to British friends in Japanese camps; learning after the war that her mother did not survive; traveling with other refugees to the United States in 1950; three weeks on Ellis Island because they were "stateless"; being returned to Germany; living in a refugee camp in Bremen; kind treatment from the mayor; working for the Joint; and emigration to the United States in 1952. Ms. L. discusses life in the Hongkew ghetto and her emotional attachment to China, especially Shanghai.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- L., Eva, -- 1913?-
Corporate Bodies
- Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Germany.
- Citizenship -- Germany.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Husband and wife.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Jews -- China -- Shanghai.
- Refugee camps.
- Nuremberg laws.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Hongkew ghetto (Shanghai, China)
- Bremen (Germany)
- Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
- Shanghai (China)
- Marseille (France)
- Haifa (Israel)
- Berlin (Germany)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat