Friedel M. Holocaust testimony
Streszczenie
Videotape testimony of Friedel M., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in approximately 1921. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; being raised by their maid; her father's death when she was six; spending Jewish holidays with grandparents in Bierstadt; attending a Jewish school; her mother's remarriage in 1933; antisemitic harassment, restrictions, and boycotts; fearing arrest during her brother's bar mitzvah in 1935, since gatherings were prohibited; his emigration to the United States to join her mother's sister; obtaining U.S. visas in Stuttgart; emigration with her mother and stepfather in 1937; her stepfather's death in 1956; and her mother's remarriage. Ms. M. discusses pervasive fear after Hitler seized power; visiting Germany twice in the 1980s; and sharing her experiences with her children.
Rozmiary i nośnik
1 videocassette
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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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Informacje dotyczące procedury
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Osoby
- M., Friedel, -- 1921?-
Tematy
- Survivor-child relations.
- Postwar experiences.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Child survivors.
- Jews -- Migration.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Bar mitzvah.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Miejsca
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Germany.
- Bierstadt (Wiesbaden, Germany)
- Stuttgart (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat