Dorothy B. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Dorothy B., who was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1931. She recounts the history of her mother's and father's families; her father's modern orthodoxy; their affluent lifestyle; visiting her maternal relatives in Prague and a small Czech town; contrasting her formal German relatives with her casual Czech relatives; her family insulating her from antisemitism; a Nazi edict resulting in termination of employment of their non-Jewish maid; her father concealing his Jewish identity in public to avoid antisemitic violence; her mother's insistence that they leave Germany; liquidating their property; German police strip searching them at the Dutch border; and emigration to the United States from England. Mrs. B. discusses their reduced financial circumstances; learning her grandmother and aunt committed suicide after receiving deportation notices; her father's efforts to receive compensation from Germany for their property losses; and many details of the European cultures of her childhood. She shows photographs.

2 videocassettes