Gloria L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Gloria L., who was born in Du?sseldorf, Germany in 1925. She recalls living in Gerresheim; their affluent lifestyle; being over-protected as an only child; cordial relations with non-Jews until 1933; her father's arrest; his release due to friendship with one of the policemen; moving to Du?sseldorf in 1937, thinking it would be safer; membership in Habonim; attempts to emigrate to the United States; attending a Jewish school; and their emigration to the United States in September 1938. Mrs. L. discusses their strong German identity (her father was a World War I hero); their inability to imagine Germans killing Jews; the importance of not persecuting any minority; visiting her hometown in 1980; and her children's lack of interest but her son-in-law's interest in her past.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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
- L., Gloria, -- 1925-
Corporate Bodies
- World Habonim (Organization)
Subjects
- Survivor-child relations.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Gerresheim (DuĚsseldorf, Germany)
- Germany.
- DuĚsseldorf (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat