Carol W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Carol W., a child of Holocaust survivors who was born in the United States in 1954. She relates her childhood sense of her Jewishness and tells of learning of her parents' wartime experiences only very gradually. She describes the experience of her father, who was born in Poland in 1921, and who came to New Haven in 1949, and of her mother, who was born in Germany in 1928, and who came to the United States in 1939. Mrs. W. also describes the impact of her parents' personal histories on her own life.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (3/4" u-matic)
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.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- W., Carol, -- 1954-
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Children of Holocaust survivors.
- Survivor-child relations.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc